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  • Church History

    History of World Christianity (4 Credits)

    This course was formerly called Church History (4 credits)

    Professor David Feddes
    DavidFeddes.com

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    Overview

    This course examines the history of Christianity and its interactions with various social, cultural, and political contexts. Historical study shows God's faithfulness in the past and increases understanding of Christianity's present challenges and opportunities.

    Outcomes

    1. Know major events, persons, and trends in the history of Christianity.
    2. Understand the social, cultural, and political contexts in which Christianity developed.
    3. Trace the Christian worldview's impact on multiple dimensions of various cultures.
    4. Discern God’s purposes and faithfulness to his people throughout history.
    5. Be encouraged by past heroes and achievements, and emulate them in the present.
    6. Identify false ideas and bad behaviors in the past, and avoid them in the present.
    7. Gain a better understanding of Christians from various heritages worldwide.

    Assignments
    1. Watch the videos for each unit. Transcripts of some videos are provided for further study or later reference if you wish.
    2. Read articles for each unit. Each reading appears as a separate item in the course; however, at the end of each unit, all readings for a unit are combined into one file, in case you find that helpful. Articles are mostly from the archives of Christian History magazine. Thanks to CLI's partnership with Christian History Institute, you have access to great material from excellent church historians without needing to purchase any books.
    3. Use the discussion forum to ask questions and exchange ideas with others.
    4. Take the online quiz for each unit. You will have 75 minutes to answer 20 multiple-choice questions for each quiz. Once a quiz has started, you must finish it, and you can't retake it. So be ready ahead of time. Each quiz covers readings and video lectures for that unit. While taking the quiz, you may use your notes and refer to articles and other materials. Tip: First answer all the questions you know. Then try to look up answers to questions you don't know. When you have entered an answer for every question, submit the quiz for grading before the 75-minute limit.
    *The course has a total of 240 points: 20 points for each of the twelve quizzes.

    Grading Scale
    A 95-100%   A- 90-94%   B+ 87-89%   B 83-86%   B- 80-82%   C+ 77-79%   C 73-76%   C- 70-72%    D+ 67-69%   D 63-66%   D- 60-62%   F 0-59%
    Your average for the course must be at least 60%. Otherwise, you will fail the class and will receive no credit.

    Deadline
    You have 180 days to finish the course. Complete all assignments before the final deadline, or you will be automatically unenrolled, and all coursework will be removed. You will have to start over and take the class again to receive credit.

    Course Forum

    Each course forum is at the beginning of the course, right before the first-course content section, and has comments and questions from other students in the class. The forum is a great way to post a question or comment for other students who are currently enrolled in the course to see. Additionally, you can search the forum to see if anyone in the past has addressed or discussed the issue, question, or comment you were wanting to post about.

    Accessibility

    All videos have either slides or a script to go along with them. 

    Note: This class was formerly called Church History.