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RLST2624: The Birth of Christianity
This unit discusses the textual, archaeological and socio-cultural evidence for the origins of Christianity; with a particular purpose to analyse how cults centred on the charismatic figure of Jesus of Nazareth led to the construction of such a powerful religious tradition. Tensions within that emergent tradition will be considered, and especially its struggle towards self-identity with both Judaism and the Greco-Roman world.
| Code | RLST2624 |
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| Academic unit | Studies in Religion |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Studies in Religion or 6 credit points at 1000 level in in Studies in Religion and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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RLST2024 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. critically assess the primary source material and other data available for an understanding of early Christianity
- LO2. identify the theoretical and doctrinal stances held by secondary writers about early Christianity
- LO3. understand the principal historical trajectories taken by early Christianity to the 5th century CE
- LO4. analyse the influence of various religious, philosophical and cultural contexts upon the origin and development of early Christianity.
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