| Instructor: Research assistant of the Institute of Church History, Candidate of Historical Studies, Ihor Skochylias. |
Course objective is to teach future theologians about the role of Christianity in the history of world civilization as well as the fundamentals of Christian dogmas and differences between the main Christian denominations. Special attention is paid to regional peculiarities of religious development in the countries of Europe, America, Asia and Africa – from the beginning of this era to the present. The events are viewed and presented in the context of contrastive analysis of historical development of Latin and Byzantine Christianity with an emphasis on their contribution to culture, education and science at different stages of human evolution.
|
The course is taught to 2nd and 3rd year LTA students majoring in history and theology and to 4th and 5th year students in the seminary department (The Seminary of the Holy Spirit in Rudno). It is a 162-hour course, 108 academic hours of which are allocated for lectures and 54 for individual work. Lectures occupy 70 hours (3rd semester – 35; 4th semester – 35); practical classes occupy 38 hours (3rd semester – 19; 4th semester – 19).
Teaching methodology: the course program is composed of a thematic, chronological and regional approach that combines the most important information on Christianity in general and particular Churches during the specific historical stages of development as well as general description of major tendencies in the development of religious communities within particular civilizations.
