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Historical Theology
200 LEVEL COURSES
Required Courses
HIT 230 THE REFORMATION ERA
Survey of the changing political, social, cultural and intellectual life in Europe at the dawn
of the Reformation Era. Lutheran Reformation; emergence of Calvinism; radical reform
efforts; English Reformation; Counter-Reformation; legacy of the Reformation Era.
Introduction to the thought of Luther, Zwingli, Calvin and others. Note 2.
HIT 231 THE CHURCH SINCE 1650
A survey of Western Christianity in a period of secularization from the close of the Thirty
Years’War through World Wars I and II to the present. Particular attention is given to Roman
Catholic, Reformed, Anglican and Lutheran churches and their relation to the modern state,
the new science, rationalism, liberalism (religious, political, economic), pietism and
evangelicalism, ecumenism, and Vatican II.
Elective Courses HIT H204 EARLY CHRISTIAN POPULAR LITERATURE
A study of select writings from the New Testament Apocrypha, the Acts of the Martyrs and
the early hagiographical writings. Consideration will be given to these writings as testimonies
to the faith and life of the “common Christian” in the early centuries of the Church.
HIT H205 THEOLOGY OF THE LATIN FATHERS
An in-depth study of Fathers of the Latin Church through the examination of their writings.
Special consideration is given to those writings which concern the Trinity, Christology,
church and ministry, the Sacraments, sin and grace. The course varies in the subject matter
of its study, but Fathers who may be discussed include Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose,
Jerome, Augustine and Leo the Great.
HIT H206 THEOLOGY OF THE GREEK CHURCH FATHERS
An in-depth study of Fathers of the Greek Church through the examination of their writings.
Special consideration is given to those writings which concern the Trinity, Christology,
church and ministry, the Sacraments, and salvation. The course varies in the subject matter
of its study, but Fathers who may be discussed include Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Origen,
Athanasius, the Cappadocian Fathers, Cyril of Alexandria and John Chrysostom.
HIT H207 EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH
A study of the history, theology and spirituality of Eastern Orthodoxy. Special attention is
paid to questions of liturgical piety, tradition, theological interest and method, and iconography.
Reformation and modern attempts at ecumenical discussion are also studied.
HIT H211 HISTORY OF MISSIONS
This course is one part of a four-course emphasis on missions. This course offers a survey
of missions from the apostolic era to the present age. Major concentration will be placed on
the unique mission phenomena of the Reformation Era, formation of organized Lutheran
mission outreach in the 19th century, and the beginning stages of mission in the
Missouri Synod.
HIT H212 FORMATIVE INFLUENCES IN AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY
A survey of a series of key individuals, institutions and ideas in American Christianity.
Subjects may include the influence of the Reformation, Puritanism, Jonathan Edwards,
Democratization, Revivalism, the Mercersburg Theology, Feminism and Feminization,
Millennialism, Social Gospel, the Ecumenical Movement, Christ and Culture, among
others. Special attention is given to the contemporary impact of the influences studied.
Students will read and discuss primary sources.
HIT H213 RELIGION AND AMERICAN CULTURE
This course examines the phenomenon of American religion in its cultural context. Topics
treated will include the following: the persistence of religious commitment in America; the
decline of “denominationalism”; the place of religion in a post-industrial, secularized,
scientific, therapeutic, post-modern cultural environment; the “restructuring of American
religion since 1950”; the relation of religion and the media; the relation of church and state;
the ongoing conflict between the religious “right” and “left”; religion and sexuality, et al.
The course will be conducted as a seminar.
HIT H220 REFORMATION IN ENGLAND
A course in the origin and development of Protestantism in Tudor England. The religious
policies of Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth will be featured. The theological issues will be
studied in their social, political and cultural context. Students will read and discuss
primary sources.
HIT H223 CALVIN AND THE REFORMATION
A survey of the life and career of John Calvin and of the establishment of Reformed
Protestantism in Geneva and other parts of Europe. Students will read selections from
Calvin and will study important Protestant confessions from the period such as the
Heidelberg Catechism.
HIT H224 PURITANISM
The study of English-speaking Christianity from Elizabeth I to the English Civil War.
Lecture topics include the Elizabethan Settlement and reaction thereto; the beginnings and
development of Puritanism in its various forms including that which took root in America;
English Catholicism and recusancy; Anglican defenders of the establishment and the
reforms of Archbishop Laud; the origins of the King James Bible; and the English Civil War
including the Westminster Assembly. Note 4.
HIT H259 HISTORY AND THEOLOGY OF THE
A detailed study of the background, founding and historical development of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod. Students will examine the development of the Synod’s institutions,
and will selectively study the theology of some of its major figures. Subjects will
vary, but may include C. F. W. Walther, Wilhelm Loehe, Friedrich Wyneken, Franz Pieper,
Georg Stoeckhardt, William Arndt, Theodore Graebner, John Tietjen and Robert Preus.
LUTHERAN CHURCH—MISSOURI SYNOD HIT H260 HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE
A historical survey of the principal English versions of the Bible from the Middle Ages to
the 20th century, with special emphasis upon the theological context from which each
version came.
HIT H261 LUTHER’S THEOLOGY IN SURVEY
A survey and discussion of Luther’s theology in its historical context. Special attention is
given to areas where Luther supports “traditional” Lutheran dogmaticians and where he
offers unique insights. The course relies on both secondary and primary readings.
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