HIST 1732 - GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course takes Christianity as a prism through which to consider the origins and growth of global religions. Christianity has tried to achieve a global status since its inception in the ancient Mediterranean world in the first century CE. Stemming from Paul's fateful decision to evangelize the Gentiles, Christianity has long sought to achieve a global network of believers, who now comprise about 20% of the world's population. We will study Christian globalization in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and focus on two Christian traditions, Catholicism and Pentecostalism, as examples of religions that have deliberately and successfully globalized. We will ask if the contemporary values of and pluralism relativism are good for religions and religious people. And, where religion is no longer a powerful cultural force, what are the prospects for a purely humanitarian approach to common problems in a globalizing world?
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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