Code
Undergraduate: CT3004W (Classroom) or CT3704W (Online)
Postgraduate: CT9004W (Classroom) or CT9704W (Online)
Unit offered alternatively as: CH3004W | CH3704W | CH9004W | CH9704W
Postgraduate: CT9004W (Classroom) or CT9704W (Online)
Unit offered alternatively as: CH3004W | CH3704W | CH9004W | CH9704W
Level
Undergraduate Level 3 and Postgraduate Elective
Discipline
Christian Thought (CT)
Unit offered alternatively as Church History (CH)
Unit offered alternatively as Church History (CH)
Field
Christian Thought and History (C)
Prerequisites
Undergraduate: One standard unit in CH and one standard unit in CT
Postgraduate: Nil
Postgraduate: Nil
Online
Yes
Location
Whitley College view location >
Faculty
Marita Munro view profile >
Class Time
Three hours per week
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
Undergraduate
- identify the main political, social and cultural factors that gave rise to the Baptist movement;
- outline key features of the Baptist heritage and trace their historical development throughout the world;
- explain some of the reasons for diversity among Baptists in Britain, North America, Australia and other selected parts of the world;
- evaluate factors leading to controversies among modern Baptists and assess their impact upon selected Baptist communities; and
- analyse the influence of Baptist history and belief upon personal and professional life.
Postgraduate
- identify the main political, social, and cultural factors that gave rise to the Baptist movement;
- outline key features of the Baptist heritage and trace their historical development throughout the world;
- critique some of the reasons for diversity among Baptists in Britain, North America, Australia, and other selected parts of the world;
- critically evaluate factors leading to controversies among modern Baptists and assess their impact upon selected Baptist communities;
- analyse the influence of Baptist history and belief upon personal and professional life; and
- respond critically and constructively to historical and theological themes identified in the unit.
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Assessment
Undergraduate
- Five 200-word online forum posts (20%)
- One tutorial paper (1,500 words) (30%)
- One essay (2,500 words) (50%)
Postgraduate
- Seven online forum posts (total 2,000 words) (25%)
- One tutorial paper (2,000 words) (25%)
- One essay (4,000 words) (50%)
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Recommended reading
Set texts recommended for purchase are highlighted in blue
- Beasley-Murray, Paul. Radical Believers: the Baptist way of being the church. Didcot: Baptist Union of Great Britain, 1992.
- Bebbington, David W. Baptists Through the Centuries. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2010.
- Brackney, William H. (ed.). Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, 2nd edn. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2009.
- Chute, Anthony L. et al. The Baptist Story: From English Sect to Global Movement. Nashville: B&H Publishing, 2015.
- Cupit, Tony et al. ‘From five barley loaves’: Australian Baptists in Global Mission 1864–2010. Preston: Mosaic Press, 2013.
- Fiddes, Paul S. Tracks and Traces: Baptist Identity in Church and Theology. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2003.
- Johnson, Robert E. A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Hayden, Roger. English Baptist History and Heritage. Revd edn .Didcot: Baptist Union of Great Britain, 2005.
- Haymes, Brian et al. On Being the Church: Revisioning Baptist Identity. Milton Keynes: Paternoster Press, 2008.
- Holmes, Stephen R. Baptist Theology. London: T&T Clark, 2012.
- Leonard, Bill J. Baptist Ways: A History. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 2003.
- Lumpkin, William L. (ed.). Baptist confessions of Faith. 2nd revd edn. Valley Forge: Judson, 2011.
- Manley, Ken R. From Woolloomooloo to ‘eternity’. 2 Vols. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2006.