GB 5443 - Systematic and Historical Theology II (3)

An analysis of the main themes of Christian thought from the post-Reformation period (1600 CE) to the contemporary postmodern context. The first third of the course surveys the post-Reformation period and the 18th Century Revivals by noting the development of Protestant Orthodoxy, Revivalism and the Enlightenment (Arminius, Protestant Scholasticism, Locke, Hume, Wesley, Edwards, Puritanism, Pietism). The middle third of the courses focuses on the rise of modern theology in the late 18th century through the 19th century (Kant, Schleiermacher, Ritschl, Harnack, Troeltsch) and the response of the early 20th century (Barth, Bultmann, Tillich, Fundamentalism). The final third of the course concentrates on 20th century theology (Pannenberg, Moltmann, Process Theology, Evangelicalism, Liberation Theology, Vatican II) and postmodern theology (Radical Orthodoxy, Post-liberalism, Neo-liberalism, Post-evangelicalism). Theological themes are studied in the light of their significance for the contemporary church.