Psychology 305 - Heresy and Dissent in Ancient and Medieval Christianity

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Colgate University

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G. Frank This course explores the understandings of the terms "heresy," "heterodoxy," and "orthodoxy." Students focus on writings from the second through the seventeenth centuries excluded from the Christian Bible (e.g., the "gnostic gospels"). The second part of the course shifts attention to heresy in medieval and early modern Europe, with a focus on English and Scottish movements (e.g., Lollards, witch-hunts) and the verbal as well as violent opposition to their ideas and practices. In addition to reading primary sources in translation, students also consider the relation of heterodoxy to ideas of gender, class, authority, power, and ethn

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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