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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the historical trends and doctrinal themes of the Eastern Orthodox Church by the use of materials both theological and historical; tracing developments through the early Christological and Trinitarian controversies, and how these influenced Orthodoxy's later mystical piety, iconography, liturgy, and prayer.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the History and Culture of Arabic Christianity (c. 300 to the present) covering its art literature, theology, diplomacy, political structures, and survival in the midst of persecution. To pass this class, a student must demonstrate a knowledge of the various interpretations of Arabic Christian history and culture, be able to detail the place of the Arab Christian community in the wider worlds of both Christendom and Islam, show a detailed knowledge of select writers and voices, be able to demonstrate a knowledge of its key historical events and persons, and lastly be able to explain its impact on the world even ubtil the present. Students shall demonstrate their comprehension of these through essays, papers, and classroom participation. Part of these will include giving students historical sequence and significance to its various epochs, the details of the most vital ecclesio-political controversies (Christological, iconoclast, and Latinizing controversies), the sequence and particulars of the extended confrontation with both Arabic and Turkish Islam, and with the Latin/Frankish Crusades. The student shall likewise be able to delineate the genius of Arabic Christianity, the unique style of both its art and architecture, its impact upon the Mediterranea world, and give its relation to both the world of late antiquity and the emergence of the modern Middle East.
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1.00 Credits
Directed Study
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3.00 Credits
The Culminating Senior Experience (CSE) explores various topics in History across a spectrum of time, subject and place. This variation of topics will allow students to explore topics with which they have an affinity, and not constrain them to one they do not. The CSE requires students to demonstrate their knowledge of the particular syllabus's subject in relation to the various schools of historical interpretation, their own Christian thought, and to the mission of Eastern University. They will do this through the production of a thesis in which they demonstrate their own interpretation of historical data in light of the various schools of historical interpretation and in relation to a Christian understanding of History. Demonstration of particular course goals will be augmented by the production, above the thesis, of short papers or projects.
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3.00 Credits
Special Topic American History
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3.00 Credits
The development of the religious experience among African-Americans beginning with the African roots, the slave and free black churches, the impact of emancipation, the struggle for status and Civil Rights, and the modern alternatives; emphasis will be given to the leadership of the movement. This course fulfills the Non-Western Traditions general education requirement.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines how has the understanding of race and ethnicity has changed over time in the United States. The categories have variously overlapped, collided, or remained separate, depending on what those categories have been called upon to explain. What accounts for these changes, and what does that say about these categories
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3.00 Credits
From the early encounter of European and Native American cultures at the close of the fifteenth century to the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. Particular attention is paid to the rise of slavery, the meaning and impact of the Great Awakening, the growth of the colonial economy, and the emergence of a distinct colonial political culture. The course concludes with discussion of the Revolutionary War era, from the breakdown of the British imperial system to the formation of an independent United States under a republican constitution.
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3.00 Credits
From the ratification of the Constitution in 1788 to the close of the Mexican War in 1848. Particular attention is paid to the development of political parties, geographic expansion, the market revolution, religious renewal and change, and the racial and sectional tensions arising from the institution of slavery.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the evolution and development of theologies, ideologies and philosophies in the United States and Europe. We will examine subjects such as the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Positivism, Marxism, and Existentialism. The course will pay particular attention to the phenomenon of secularization.
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