2006 08.29 CLP Church History

Course Description:
This course is an overview of the history of Christianity from its beginnings to the present time. The course will provide a ?big picture? view of the development of the Church over the centuries. While offering a general view of how the church has developed, it will also allow for a focused study of some of the persons, events and issues that have given shape to our contemporary world.

Textbooks and other materials:
For the course, you will need to have the following textbooks and be able to access the following materials:

1. Church History: An Essential Guide, Justo Gonzalez, Abingdon Press 1996
2. The Story of Christianity: The Early Church to the Present Day(only a few available from Amazon, other location to purchase this book from: CBD), Justo Gonzalez, Prince Press, 2004
3. The Holy Bible, For our class you can use www.biblegateway.com.
4. Additional readings from books and magazines on the reserve shelf in the library and material on the World Wide Web - Including, but not limited to: ( * = primary sources)
   1. *Christian History Institute - http://chi.gospelcom.net/index.php
   2. *Christian History and Biography - http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/
   3. *Christian Classics Ethereal Library - http://www.ccel.org/
   4. Theology Website - http://www.theologywebsite.com/history/
   5. The Hall of Church History - http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/hall.htm