History of Christianity II (Sarah Williams)

Speaker(s): Sarah Williams
Date: Winter 2009
Length: 23:45:23
Product ID: RGDL3908S

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History II is a continuation of History I and spans the centuries from the Reformation onward to present day. It is designed to teach not only the historical 'facts' but also how to critically think about the past as it is passed down to us. Lectures include:

Consequences of the Reformation

Meanings and Outcomes of the Reformation
Continental Pietism
The Evangelical Revival
The 18th Century Enlightenment and the French Revolution
The First Evangelical Awakening and the American Revolution
Christian Social Thought and The Reformation of Manners
The Birth of Protestant Mission
The Colonial Church
Science, Religion, and the Rise of Liberalism
Catholic Revivalism
The Evangelical Response to Liberalism
Christianity and the Great War
The Churches and Fascist Totalitarianism
Christianity and Communism
Christianity in China
Jesus of Africa
The African Church
20th Century Pentecostalism

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Sarah Williams is Research Professor of Church History at Regent College. Previously, she held research and teaching positions at the University of Birmingham, Harris Manchester College at Oxford, and Lincoln College at Oxford. She is author of Religious Belief and Popular Culture, The Shaming of the Strong, and co-author of Redefining Christian Britain. She has written a number of articles and reviews for academic journals such as Past and Present, The Urban History Yearbook, The Journal of Victorian Culture, The Journal of the Oral History Society, Archives De Sciences Sociales Des Religions, and The Journal of Nineteenth Century Studies. She has contributed to European Religion in the Age of Great Cities (Hugh McLeod ed.), and worked on a collaborative research project that was published as Women, Gender and Religious Cultures in Britain, 1800-1940.