Kurs

History of Eastern Christianity. Intermediate level

The course provides a deeper understanding of the development of Eastern Christianity, with a special emphasis on the development in the late twentieth century and the early twenty-first. The course takes into account especially how the fall of the Soviet Union and the Arabic Spring was influenced by the eastern churches, and how it affected them. Furthermore, the course provides an introduction to methods in church history with a particular emphasis on the historical-critical methods, source criticism and archive research.

Efter kursen förväntas studenten:

• demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the History of Eastern Christianity after the fall of Constantinople to the present day with particular emphasis on the development after the fall of the USSR, and the development associated with the Arabic Spring
• be able to describe the various Eastern Christian Churches and their involvement in the political events
• know some of the key methodological issues in church history and be able to make a critical analysis of a source text