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Course Outline: 2015-16

Church History

History of Anglicanism 5227A

Location:HUC

Day(s):Tuesdays

Time:2:30-5pm

Instructor(s): Dr. Bill Acres

519-438-7224 x 608

Office: V134, Tuesday 12:30-2:20

Course Syllabus:

Week Number (left) and Topics:

Reading note: Sources in The Anglican Tradition: A Handbook of Sources eds. G. R. Evans and J. Robert Wright will be found on course reserves under History 5227A in Huron University College Library, 2 hr. Chapman is very short. Moorman gives longer analysis. Where you see Chapman, Moorman, Platten or Evans/Wright please see the pages or sections. Looking at the books you will find them self-explanatory.

  1. Overview September 15
  2. Chapman, Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction: ch. 2
  3. Moorman, A History of the Church in England: chs. I–VII (skim)
  4. Why is the church English? September 22
  5. Moorman: ch. X (Lollards, Wyclif)
  6. Platten, chs. 1-2
  7. Luther, Wolsey, and Henry VIII September 29
  8. Moorman: chs. VIII, XI
  9. Platten, ch. 2
  10. Reform 1530–1540 October 6
  11. Moorman: ch. XI
  12. Platten, ch. 3
  13. Elizabeth’s ‘True, primitive church’; Protestants and Puritans October 13
  14. Moorman: chs. XIII, XIV
  15. Platten: Ch 4-5
  16. Evans and Wright: Documents 224-248
  17. War, Belief, and Radicalism: The Westminster Confession October 27
  18. Dissent 1662 (The Anglican Tradition, nos. 347-354) in Evans/Wright
  19. Bettenson: The Westminster Confession, 319
  20. Moorman: ch. XV
  21. Platten ch. 6

Reading week

Presentations:

  1. The Church and Colony: India, Africa, and America November 3
  2. Evans and Wright, The Anglican Tradition, ch. 7
  3. Platten Ch. 8
  4. The ‘locally’ adaptive bishops and the reach of faith November 10
  5. 1888 (The Anglican Tradition) Evans and Wright, Chapter 8
  6. Platten Ch. 8
  7. War and Secularism November 17
  8. Evans and Wright: nos. 428—453\
  9. Oxford Movement, Platten, Ch. 9
  10. The Lambeth Communion (1880–2015) November 24
  11. Evans and Wright: nos. 347—354
  12. Platten Ch. 9
  13. Windsor (2005) and afterward: Contemporary Issues December 1
  14. Online file and assessment

Course Materials: Western Bookstore

Course Texts:

Stephen Platten, Anglicanism and the Western Tradition, Canterbury Press, 2003

Mark Chapman, Anglicanism: A very short introduction, Oxford, 2006

John Moorman, History of the Church in England, Church Publishing, 2012

Assignments & Method of Evaluation of Assignments:

Evaluation

  1. Document studies: weeks 8, 9,10, 11: 20% (separate handout-posted to OWL)
  2. Essay: due November 28: 30% (separate handout—posted to OWL)
  3. Mid–term exam: Week 7: 20% 2 essays, one-hour in-class.
  4. In–class presentation: 20% Weeks 8-11
  5. Participation and discussion %10

Additional Statements:

  1. Statement on Use of Electronic Devices during Tests and Exams

It is not appropriate to use technology (such as, but not limited, to laptops, PDAs, cell phones) in the classroom for non-classroom activities. Such activity is disruptive and is distracting to other students and to the instructor, and can inhibit learning. Students are expected to respect the classroom environment and to refrain from inappropriate use of technology and other electronic devices in class.

  1. Statement on Academic Offences: Scholastic offences are taken seriously and students are directed to read the appropriate policy, specifically, the definition of what constitutes a Scholastic Offence, at the following web site:
  1. Support Services:
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  1. Accommodation for absences:

If documentation is required for either medical or non-medical academic accommodation, then such documentation must be submitted by the student directly to your Faculty’s Dean’s office (or academic counselor), and not to the instructor. For the Faculty of Theology, all such documentation must be submitted to room A227. It will be the Dean`s office that will determine if accommodation is warranted.

a)Non-medical absences: These will be discussed (if lengthy) following documentation and discussion with the Dean of Theology. If you are missing a class only, kindly let me know. If assignments are affected, there will be no penalty with accommodation. All assignments are due during the week specified on the outline.

b)Medical absences: See also the Policy on Accommodation for Medical Illness

—Undergraduate Students, at

For work representing 10% or more of the overall grade for the course, a student must present documentation indicating that the student was seriously affected by illness and could not reasonably be expected to meet his/her academic responsibilities. Documentation must be submitted as soon as possible to your Faculty Dean’s office (Huron Arts & Social Science students should take their documentation to the Academic Counsellor, through the Academic Services Centre at Huron), together with a Request for Relief specifying the nature of the accommodation requested. The request and documentation will be assessed and appropriate accommodation will be determined by the Dean’s office in consultation with the instructor(s.) Academic accommodation will be granted ONLY where the documentation indicates that the onset, duration and severity of the illness are such that the student could not reasonably be expected to complete his/her academic responsibilities.

The UWO Student Medical Certificate (SMC) and Request for Relief are available at the Student Centre website ( Huron University College Academic Counselling website ( or from the Dean’s Office or Academic Services Centre at Huron.

For work representing less than 10% of the overall grade for the course:All accommodation should be done with Academic Counselling, therefore Sandra Rice (, HUC 519-438-7224 x 280) should be contacted to arrange for documentation and a meeting with Dean Townshend, if required.