Key Transferable Skills the research skills required for level four study of contemporary Christian history the ability to use primary sources in an academically rigorous manner an understanding of how churches can turn a cycle of decline into a cycle of growth Module content Patterns of growth and decline within British Christianity since 1945 The global context within which such movements have happened Exploration of the local dynamics of such changes, with particular use of the techniques of from ‘history below’ The situating of this discussion within the broader historical, theological and sociological discussion of what constitutes growth within an ecclesiastical context Indicative bibliography Bowie, Fiona (ed.) (Oxford: Berg, 1993) Women and Missions: Past and Present, Brown, Callum, The Death of Christian Britain, (London: Routledge, 2001) Gifford, Paul, (London: Hurst & Co., 1998) African Christianity: its Public Role, Grass, Tim, Modern Church History, (London: SCM, 2008) Greeley, Andrew, (New Jersey: Transaction, Religion and Europe at the End of the Second Millennium, 2003) Heelas, Paul and Linda Woodhead, The Spiritual Revolution: Why Religion is Giving Way to (Malden, Mass: Blackwell, 2005) Spirituality, Jackson, Bob, (London: Hope for the Church: Contemporary Strategies for Growth, Church House Publishing, 2002) McLeod, Hugh, (Oxford: OUP, 2007) The Religious Crisis of the 1960s, Parker, Simon, Faith on the Home Front: Aspects of Church Life and Popular Religion in Birmingham, 1939-45, (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2005) Stark, Rodney and A. Finke, (New Brunswick: Rutgers, 1992) The Churching of America, Winter, Bruce (series editor), (Grand The Book of Acts in its First Century Setting, Rapids: Eerdemans, 1993) Teaching and Learning Methods Number Frequency Duration Lectures 9 weekly 2 hours Seminars 9 weekly 1 hour Fieldwork 3 hours 1 The module is taught by Revd Dr David Goodhew Summative Assessment 5000 word essay on a title agreed between course tutors and student Formative assessment/feedback to students Two formative assessments: a 2500 word review of a key text a student led seminar which focuses on a particular local church context, utilising a variety of historical sources, which could be preparatory to the summative essay.
Key Transferable Skills the research skills required for level four study of contemporary Christian history the ability to use primary sources in an academically rigorous manner an understanding of how churches can turn a cycle of decline into a cycle of growth Module content Patterns of growth and decline within British Christianity since 1945 The global context within which such movements have happened Exploration of the local dynamics of such changes, with particular use of the techniques of ‘history from below’ The situating of this discussion within the broader historical, theological and sociological discussion of what constitutes growth within an ecclesiastical context Indicative bibliography Bowie, Fiona (ed.) Women and Missions: Past and Present, (Oxford: Berg, 1993) Brown, Callum, The Death of Christian Britain, (London: Routledge, 2001) Gifford, Paul, African Christianity: its Public Role, (London: Hurst & Co., 1998) Grass, Tim, Modern Church History, (London: SCM, 2008) Greeley, Andrew, Religion and Europe at the End of the Second Millennium, (New Jersey: Transaction, 2003) Heelas, Paul and Linda Woodhead, The Spiritual Revolution: Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality, (Malden, Mass: Blackwell, 2005) Jackson, Bob, Hope for the Church: Contemporary Strategies for Growth, (London: Church House Publishing, 2002) McLeod, Hugh, The Religious Crisis of the 1960s, (Oxford: OUP, 2007) Parker, Simon, Faith on the Home Front: Aspects of Church Life and Popular Religion in Birmingham, 1939-45, (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2005) Stark, Rodney and A. Finke, The Churching of America, (New Brunswick: Rutgers, 1992) Winter, Bruce (series editor), The Book of Acts in its First Century Setting, (Grand Rapids: Eerdemans, 1993) Teaching and Learning Methods Number Frequency Duration Lectures 9 weekly 2 hours Seminars 9 weekly 1 hour Fieldwork 1 3 hours The module is taught by Revd Dr David Goodhew Summative Assessment 5000 word essay on a title agreed between course tutors and student Formative assessment/feedback to students Two formative assessments: a 2500 word review of a key text a student led seminar which focuses on a particular local church context, utilising a variety of historical sources, which could be preparatory to the summative essay.