Class 1 Introduction Dr Ann T Orlando 8

Class 1: Introduction Dr. Ann T. Orlando 8 January 2014

Welcome Back to Church History n Review Syllabus n n n Structure of course Requirements Course Web Site My agenda/perspective/prejudices NB: No class week of Jan. 20

Class Structure n Six Parts n n n Lectures Ref. to Bokenkotter Primary Source Readings Five Short Papers at conclusion of Parts I – V based on primary sources One Long Paper and panel discussion based on selected book reading

Book Selection n Choose One by Feb 28: n n n n Brad Gregory. The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2012. (Chapters) D. A. Brading, Mexican Phoenix, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Ruth Harris, Lourdes, New York: Penguin, 1999. David Kertzer, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, New York: Vintage, 1997. John Mc. Greevy, Catholicism and American Freedom, New York: W. W. Norton, 2003. Read Book by Mar 19 Topics for panels and papers to Ann by April 2 Panels last week of class

Requirements n n Class attendance and active participation. Preparation of Short Papers and class discussion Preparation of Long Paper and panel discussion Two Exams: n n Quiz I covering Parts I and II on Feb 27 (closed book) Quiz II covering Parts III, IV and V on April 26 (closed book) NO FINAL Grade: n n 1/3 short papers, discussion, panel and final presentation 1/3 each quiz

Texts for Class n n n n James Hitchcock, History of the Catholic Church (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2012) John Vidmar, The Catholic Church Through the Ages (New Jersey: Paulist Press, 2005) Thomas Bokenkotter, A Concise History of the Catholic Church (New York: Doubleday, 2004). Norman Tanner, A New Short History of the Catholic Church (London: Barnes & Oates, 2011) Peter Armenio, History of the Church (The Didache Series), (Midwest Theological Forum, 2005) John O’Malley, A History of the Popes (Maryland: Sheed & Ward, 2010) Diarmaid Mac. Culloch, Christianity, the First Three Thousand Years (New York: Viking, 2010) Manu readings from: Carter Lindberg, Editor. The European Reformations Sourcebook. (Malden: Blackwell, 2000. )

Web Site for Class n n http: //web. mit. edu/aorlando/www/BJSe cond. Church. History/ Several files n n Word file of syllabus Lecture slides; posted day after each lecture, in a folder called Lectures; Power. Point format

Primary Sources n n Different, multiple sources each week; should be focus of papers Read everything critically (includes secondary sources) n n n What is author’s perspective What issues is author addressing; how important is the historical circumstance to those issues Who is the audience What is genre of the work (homily, thesis, poem, letter, Biblical commentary) Caution using Web Resources n n Anybody can put anything on the web and claim that it is ‘authoritative’ Many texts are available, but in older translations Maintenance of a web resource is still on an individual basis; no guarantee that information will be well maintained And if you use a web resource you must reference it

My agenda, approach to history, prejudices n n Apologetic Intellectual History n n n What it is Issues When does the ‘Middle Ages’ end What is most important about the 16 th. C Importance of the 17 th C