HIST 388: Topics in European History

HIST 388-A01: Pagans and Christians
(Summer 2017)

08:30 AM to 11:30 AM MWF

Music Theater Building 1007

Section Information for Summer 2017

This is a course about human imagination and experience of the divine world in the later Roman Empire. In a relatively compact chronological moment, between the second century and the fifth, the religious map of Europe and much of the Middle East changed forever. The old cults of the Mediterranean basin to whom allegiance had been shown since before the beginning of recorded history were replaced in short order by Christianity. Our primary task in this course will be to think through these many and rival religious claims in their historical contexts.  At the end of this course, students will be able to discuss the pre-Christian religions of the Mediterranean and their ultimate replacement by Christianity with reference to a series of key texts and sites. Students will also be able to analyze both later pagan and early Christian sources of the period with reference to many of the (often shared) key themes of contemporary religious discourse, as well as many of the points of discord between pagans and Christians.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Study of historical topics or periods of special interest. Notes: Topics announced in advance. May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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