Unit information: Reformation History and Thought (Trinity & Baptist College) in 2009/10

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Unit name Reformation History and Thought (Trinity & Baptist College)
Unit code THRS30120
Credit points 10
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director Dr. Scotland
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites

None
School/department Department of Religion and Theology
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

The unit
1.	examines the history and thought of late Medieval Christendom with a focus on the rising power of the Papacy, the Papal Crusades and Church&?s sacramental system;
2.	explores Luther&?s protest for the Biblical faith and the German Reformation with its focus on his understanding of justification by faith;
3.	considers the Magisterial Reformation in Europe centring on Calvin&?s theology and the Genevan theocracy and the impact of Zwingli&?s Zurich and Bucer&?s Strasbourg on English Reformation; 
4.	examines the Reformation in England under Henry VIII, Edward VI and the later settlement of religion under Elizabeth I;
5.	considers the Catholic Counter Reformation and the Radical Reformation which was seen in the various Anabaptist groups in Europe and the Puritan movements in England and Scotland;
6.	introduces the key debates about the Reformation and focuses on the core doctrines of justification, the nature of the church and the understandings of priesthood, the Mass / Lord&?s Supper and eschatology.

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