JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Spring 2004
Early Christianity in Syria & Asia Minor
RL 499.01 WSD/CS undergraduate section
Sheila E. McGinn, Ph.D., Instructor
REQUIRED TEXTS:
- Raymond E. Brown and John P. Meier, Antioch & Rome: New Testament
Cradles of Catholic Christianity (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1983), pp. 1-86.
(This book is out of print. If you can find a used copy, that's great. Otherwise,
it will be on reserve in Grasselli Library.)
- Selected readings from: J. Neuner and J. Dupuis, eds., The Christian
Faith in the Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church, revised edition
(New York: Alba, 1982).
- Richard A. Norris, Jr., tr. and ed., The Christological Controversy
(Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980).
- Cyril C. Richardson, ed., Early Christian Fathers (New York: Macmillan,
1979), pp. 1-179.
- Selections from: Philip F. Esler, The Early Christian World, 2 vols.
(London and New York: Routledge, 2000).
- Selections from: Helmut Koester, Introduction to the New Testament
(Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2000); two volumes.
- William G. Rusch, tr. and ed., The Trinitarian Controversy (Philadelphia:
Fortress Press, 1980).
REQUIREMENTS & GRADING:
- 15% APPA (Attendance, Preparation, Participation, and Attentiveness)
- 10% Critical Reviews -- written and oral presentation (5 min.); 2 units
- 10% Peer Review of a colleague's research project -- written and oral presentation
(7-10 min.)
- 05% Class presentation of research project (10-15 min.)
- 60% An exegetical research project (20 pp.)
- 05% Proposal -- should include topic, thesis statement, and preliminary
bibliography (at least 4 recent or classic books and 6-8 articles from
reputable, scholarly print journals)
- 10% Annotated bibliography
- 05% Rough draft
- 10% Second draft
- 30% Final draft