Semester II, Week 10: 21st Century Christianity

In this last class, we take time to review the entire semester. We then open the floor to discuss two questions: what changes in the Church have your experienced in your life; and what voices are influencing the Church today? Everything is wrapped up as we consider what a church in Barcelona, Spain has to do with Our Christian History.

Lecture Notes

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Lecture Recording (1:27:32; 80.1 MB)


Additional Resources

Rev. Bill Fisher: "Airplanes, Bicycles, and Churches"

Year-in-Review Barna's Top 10 Findings from 2014 - Barna Group

Six Megathemes Emerge from Barna Group Research in 2010 - Barna Group

One church’s sunset means a new day for another - The Washington Post

Semester II, Week 09: The Church in a Nuclear Age

As we enter the volatile 20th century, we’ll study three Christian reactions to massive crisis in culture:

• the Church exchanged
• the Church estranged
• the Church engaged

Lecture Notes

Lecture Recording (1:10:08; 64.2 MB)


Extras:

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Semester II, Week 08: The Religious Marketplace in 19th Century America

The religious vitality once found in Europe found a new home in 19th century America. Religious freedom, a progressive and democratic spirit - along with other factors - created a fertile environment for religious experimentation. American Protestantism seemed poised to take over the world. So what events caused the market to abandon such optimism?

Lecture Notes

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Lecture Recording (1:11:11; 65.2 MB)

The Most Amazing Thing In The World