Melville Divinity Hall
CH526 · 2 credits · Undergraduate

American Church History

Syllabus

Lectures and readings in English.

  1. 1. Lectures Listen, outline, and take notes on the following lectures:

    • History of Christianity in America Dr. John Hannah 17 h Broken link History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): John Hannah (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
  2. 2. Reading Read and provide chapter summaries:

    • A History of American Christianity Leonard Woolsey Bacon 458 pp. Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Leonard Woolsey Bacon (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
    • Short History of the Church in the United States John Hurst 143 pp. Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): John Hurst (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).

    Total: 611 pp

  3. 3. Assignment Write a 20 page paper on a subject of interest presented in the course material.

    Open the assignment

Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.