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H7263C The Restoration Movement

This unit explores the background, inauguration and development of the Restoration Movement.
Unit Overview

Qualification

Bachelor

Unit Availability

Trimester 2

Study Mode

No Facilitation

Placement

N/A

Prerequisite

N/A

Corequisite

N/A

Notes

N/A

Unit Details

Over the next ten sessions you will be studying the history of a series of ideas, or perhaps even ideals. At times, to some, history seems to be about dates, names or places. This unit will approach this topic seeking out the development of thought. The Churches of Christ belong to a movement within Church history that has sought out a better way of being a disciple than the status quo. The main assumption of this unit is that the ideals of the Restoration Movement are still valid, still inspiring, and still worth pursuing.

At the end of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Articulate the key theological features of various groups that throughout history have sought renewal, restoration, or reformation of the Church.
  2. Explain the theological emphases of the Restoration Movement.
  3. Analyse the role specific historical and sociological factors have played in influencing change within Christianity, with particular reference to the Restoration Movement.
  4. Assess the significance of the theological similarities and differences of the reformative groups studied.
  5. Apply the insights of the historical development of the Restoration Movement to contemporary ‘Frontier Thinkers’; with a focus on the strengths and weakness of new directions.
  1. The nineteenth-century Evangelical and Revivalist context of the Stone-Campbell and Churches of Christ movements
  2. The origins and development of the Restoration Movement in America and Great Britain
  3. The origins of the Restoration Movement in Australia and New Zealand
  4. The development of the theology of the Restoration Movement
  5. The literature and controversies of the Restoration Movement
  1. Facilitation Assessment (15%)
    Word Limit: 750 total
    Due: Week 4, 8, 10
    OR
    Integrated Learning Portfolio (15%)
    Word Limit: 2350 total
    Due: Week 4, 8, 10
  2. Historical Document Review (25%)
    Word Limit: 1250
    Due: Week 7
  3. Analysis (30%)
    Word Limit: 1500
    Due: Week 9
  4. Research Essay (30%)
    Word Limit: 1500
    Due: Week 12

Not required

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