Christian Movement II

2008

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Syllabus.  This will display the syllabus.  For download, please click here.  This will open the version of Word that you have on your computer and allow you to save the syllabus on your hard drive or print it.

First Class  This will display the material,  For download, please click here.  This will open the version of Word that you have on your computer and allow you tom save the document on your hard drive or print it.  Other Matters Some leftovers from the medieval period.  Click to display.  For download.

Second Class:  For display, please click here.   For download, please click here.  at 7:22.  Some blogs are missing, but this is the file as of 7:43.  To download blog, click here.  To view on screen as web page, click here.

Third Class.  Remember that we are still working on Luther's Life from last class.  The Blog can be download here or viewed on your screen here.

Fourth Class.  We finish Luther's biography this class.  In addition, please download, the Politics of Lutheranism or view it here and the Cities download or view. The Blog is here for download, here for view.  See you all tomorrow.

Fifth Class.  Please download last weeks two lectures and England and Calvin  download here  or view here.  I will put the blog up later.  Still waiting for two bloggers. I would like to negotiate moving the mid term back one week to the period between the seventh and the eighth week.  Come prepared to discuss this.  The blog is up at 8:27.  To download, click here; to view, click here.  Looking forward to this one.  Some cool blogs in this bunch.

Sixth Class.  Please download England and Calvin again.  I think that these will print better.  To download, click here.  To view, click here.  In addition, the Catholics, click here for download, here for view, and the Radicals. click here for download, here for view.  One of our goals is that students should be able to read and to understand religious literature, including that which stretches them somewhat.  Schleiermacher is this semester's stretch.  This is difficult reading, especially for those without much background in romantic literature or philosophy, but it will at least give those who struggle through to the end a sense of accomplishment and knowledge of one of the primary works that shaped post-enlightenment philosophy. As promised, the Blog is ready.  It is now 7:40 on Wednesday.  Work received later will not be blogged.  To download, click here.  To read on screen, click here.

Midterm Examination:  At last, it is done.  You have two weeks to complete the work from today so April 3 is the last date.  For download; for on screen view.  Hamlin wonders about cats in the Reformation.  He is offering two points for the best picture of a renaissance/reformation figure complete with cat or a certified reference to a reformer who owned a cat.  We have references many to Luther and his children's dog.  So, as part of our tribute to St Gertrude, indulge the feline.  After all, he grades most of the papers.

Seventh Class:  Welcome back.  We could not celebrate St Gertrude's day together, but today is a good day to rub a warm cat and wish him well. We will do the Catholics, click here for download, here for view, and the Radicals. click here for download, here for view. If we finish this, I have other material that I can do, but I think that I have been over posting the last few weeks.  I am still looking for reformer with a cat pictures; I have located a reformation/renaissance novel, Beware the Cat, that was apparently originally an anti-Catholic piece, ( http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/HL1543.php ), but we do not have it in the library.  It could make a fascinating research project.  The blog will come later.  For a neat picture, see this wall painting in Turku http://www.flickr.com/photos/12414502@N00/ .  The picture of the two felines is particularly pleasing.  (Who said anything about ADD?)  The Blog is posted at 9:08 after some struggles with the computer.  For the download, click here.  To read on screen, click here.

Eighth Class.  So we are finally in the Post Reformation period.  For notes, download here or view on screen.  For addendum (more notes) download here or view on screen.  The blog will come later.  The reading this week was relatively easy.  Most of the Biblical criticism is still used as are some of the interpretative methods.  this will be a good discussion.  Blog click here for download; here for view on screen.  Not much from me this week.  You all had some good comments, but my mind was not at its maximum function.

Ninth Class.  Bring last weeks notes and addendum with you.  In addition, for the enlightenment click here for screen, here for download. Blog will come later.  So we have a blog at 7;36.  For download, please click here; for on screen, please click here.  Important announcement.  We will not have class on May 8, 2008.  Professor Miller is presenting at a meeting of the ATS staff in Pittsburgh and will return to Portland for the Davidfest that evening.

Tenth Class: Last week's notes, including the Catholic section, from the addendum should be all that we can handle this week.  There is no blog.  I am out of town until late Wednesday and will not get to read your entries until later.  See you later.

Class Eleven; Please download the Enlightenment.  For text, click here.  For screen click here.  Great Blogs.  For Text click here; for screen, click here.  Guess what.  Pope Benedict is cat lover and has had his biography (authorized no less) written by a feline.  Hamlin has ordered a copy for the library and will insert his bookplate when it comes.  Should we give Sandy some cat points for this discovery!

Examination:  The examination is here.  For download, please click here ; for screen, please click at this word.  Both of these links seem very slow to me, so if you have trouble, let me know via email.  Please play particular attention to the instructions.  There are 65 questions in Part One but you should only answer 50.  Do not do more.  I count wrong answers and subtract from fifty to determine the grade.  So there is a penalty for guessing.  Most of you will have no problems finding fifteen questions on which you are not as sure as others or even in finding fifteen where you have no clue.  Do not answer.  Move on.  There is a special Hamlin question for the weak at heart.  He claims that the question was inspired by his favorite saint.  But what can you expect from a cat. (purrfection, he says).  But enough is enough.  Take this when you are ready.  The last date in the syllabus is a generous one so you be able to review, organize, and take at your leisure this time.

Last Class.  Well, we have a great deal for today.  Bring the enlightenment with you (that sounds almost Buddhist) and also download The Nineteenth Century.  To view on screen, click here.  The Last Blog is also posted at 8:19.  Great is the truth that you can find if you click here or to view on screen click here. The twentieth century as a treasure hunt is here.  To display on screen, click here.     This is a teaching aid.  No need to report back on it.  Rather have fun, everything can be found easily on the web.