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Licentiate Course Outline:
2015-16
Anglican Theology & Identity
Location: Huron University College
Day(s): Saturday, March 4 – Sunday, March 5, 2017
Time: 9 am – 8 pm
Instructor(s): Dr. Bill Harrison
Contact info: 519-434-6893 (ext. 248)
Requirements for this Course:
No prerequisites.
Course Syllabus:
This is a reading and conversation-oriented course. Participants are required to read the assigned materials, with care and thoughtful attention, prior to class. Composing questions on the readings is a graded assignment. Participants are expected to attend all classes and will be graded on attendance and participation. The final assignment will be a written sermon, to be completed after classes are completed.
Please note that this course outline assumes that you will have computer access. Many of the readings are found on websites, and online textbook purchases are expected. If you do not possess suitable equipment, please try your local library or church. Should you be unable to obtain the necessary access, please contact the teacher and we will try to make other arrangements for you.
Some Hints About Reading
You may find some of the readings a bit challenging, because they employ older vocabulary and rhetorical forms, or are simply difficult reading. That's okay. When this happens, don't allow yourself to get bogged down trying to work out the meaning of every word or sentence. Instead, focus upon the main point that the author is trying to make and the kinds of supporting arguments being used. Ultimately, you may find that you attend class with more questions than answers. That's fine; indeed, it's the reason that we have classes!
Also, Web-links will take you to many of our readings. Read the assignment closely, or you may find yourself reading the whole text when only 3 or 4 pages were requested!
Saturday, March 4, 2017 – 9-12
Introduction
History of Anglicanism I: Church, Politics and Culture in 16th and 17th-century Britain
Anglican Theology I: Politics, Preaching and Pastoral Practice in early Anglicanism
Richard Hooker, George Herbert, John Locke
Assigned Reading: Hooker, Richard. Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book V, chapters IV – X. Edited by John Keble. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1876. pp. 026-042. http://anglicanhistory.org/hooker/5/
Herbert, George. "The British Church." http://www.ccel.org/h/herbert/temple/British.html
Herbert, George. A Priest to the Temple, or The Country Parson, Chapters I-IIII.
http://anglicanhistory.org/herbert/parson.html
Locke, John. A Letter Concerning Toleration. p. 9 – top of p. 12.
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/locke/toleration.pdf
Saturday, March 4, 2017 – 1-5
History of Anglicanism II: Church Within Culture and Calls for Reformation in 18th and 19th-century Britain
Anglican Theology II: Personal Engagement and Social Concern
William Law, John Wesley, William Wilberforce
Assigned Reading: Law, William. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, Chapter VI.
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/law/serious_call.vii.html
Wesley, John. "The Voyage to England." "Wesley's Four Resolutions." "'I Felt My Heart Strangely Warmed.'" In The Journal of John Wesley. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/journal.vi.ii.html
Wilberforce, William. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians... pp. 147-150. http://books.google.com/books?id=-usOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1-IA4&lpg=PA1-IA4&dq=william+wilberforce&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false
Saturday, March 4, 2017 – 6-8
Anglican Theology III: Church Against Culture and the Rise of Episcopacy;
The Challenge of History;
The Religion of the Incarnation
John Henry Newman and the Oxford Movement, F. D. Maurice, Lux Mundi
Assigned Reading: John Henry Newman, "Lectures on the Prophetical Office of the Church, Volume 1. Lecture 9: On the Essentials of the Gospel." http://www.newmanreader.org/works/viamedia/volume1/lecture9.html
Maurice, F. D. "[Selection from] The Universal Family." In Social Morality: Twenty-One Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge. pp. 246-250. http://www.archive.org/stream/socialmoralitytw00mauriala#page/246/mode/2up
Sunday, March 5, 2017 – 9-12
History of Anglicanism III: Formation of the Canadian Church
Being Church in Canada I: Early Leaders and Forming the Canadian Church
Charles Inglis, John Strachan, Benjamin Cronyn, John West, Henry Budd
Assigned Reading: Reisner, M. E. "Who Shall Go Over the Sea for Us?": First Anglican Ventures into Present-Day Canada (1578-1867)." In Seeds Scattered and Sown. pp. 5-48.
"A Union Not for Harmony but for Strength": The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada (1892-1992)." In Seeds Scattered and Sown. pp. 201-239.
Sunday, March 5, 2017 – 1-5
History of Anglicanism IV: Today’s Anglican Church of Canada
Being Church in Canada II: Postwar to the Present
Assigned Reading: Rutherdale, Myra. "'Some Moral Effect on the Population at Large": Western and Northern Canadian Anglicanism." In Seeds Scattered and Sown. pp. 79-106.
Crockett, William. “Uncomfortable Pews: The Church and Change Since 1945.” In Seeds Scattered and Sown. pp. 245-79.
Fletcher, Wendy. "The Garden of Women's Separateness: Women in Canadian Anglicanism since 1945." In Seeds Scattered and Sown. pp. 280-320.
Being Church in Canada III: Aboriginal Peoples
Assigned Reading: Trott, Christopher G. "'I Suggest that You Pursue Conversion': Aboriginal Peoples and the Anglican Church of Canada after the Second World War." In Seeds Scattered and Sown. pp. 321-345.
Sunday, March 5, 2017 – 6-8
Worldwide Anglicanism I: The Development of Worldwide Anglicanism
Assigned Reading: Ward, Kevin. "The Development of Anglicanism as a global communion." In Anglicanism: A Global Communion. pp. 13-22.
Anderson, Allan. "African Anglicans and/or Pentecostals." In Anglicanism: A Global Communion. pp. 34-40.
Mombo, Esther. "Resisting vumilia theology: The Church and violence against women in Kenya." In Anglicanism: A Global Communion. pp. 219-224.
Aruldoss, J. "Dalits and salvation." In Anglicanism: A Global Communion. pp. 294-300.
Heath, Martin. "Towards a wider world: partnership and the Church of Bangladesh." In Anglicanism: A Global Communion. pp. 305-311.
Worldwide Anglicanism II: The Challenges of Life in Communion
Assigned Reading: Gakuru, Griphus. "An Anglican's view of the Bible in an East African context." In Anglicanism: A Global Communion. pp. 58-62.
Blackett, Clutterbuck, and Lande. Reflections from ecumenical partners. In Anglicanism: A Global Communion. pp. 189-196.
Anglican Covenant
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/media/99905/The_Anglican_Covenant.pdf
Course Materials:
Required texts:
Knowles, Norman, ed. Seeds Scattered and Sown: Studies in the History of Canadian Anglicanism. Toronto: ABC, 2008. Available from: Augsburg Fortress Press
http://www.afcanada.com/store/item.jsp?clsid=196174&productgroupid=0&isbn=1551264994
Wingate, Ward, Pemberton, and Sitshebo, eds. Anglicanism: A Global Communion. New York: Church Publishing, 1998. Available through major booksellers.
Assignments & Method of Evaluation of Assignments:
Class Participation
This is a readings and conversation-oriented course. Class participation is central to our work together. Participation is, therefore, treated as unusually valuable.
Grade Value: 20%
Readings Question Assignment
Compose two substantive questions, based on the assigned readings, for each course segment. This means a total of 12 questions (two for each of: Day 1 morning, afternoon, and evening; Day 2 morning, afternoon, and evening).
A “substantive” question indicates that you have given careful attention to the assigned material. Such a question asks about a specific portion of a reading or the relationship among multiple readings, and addresses the meaning or implications of the text(s).
The questions should be of a kind that could be raised in class. Questions that could give rise to class discussion are especially helpful.
Assignment Due: 9:00 a.m. on the first day of classes. Retain a copy for your own use during the course. Late submission is not permitted; if, for any reason, you cannot complete this assignment then you must contact the instructor for advice on an alternative.
Grade Value: 30%
Sermon Assignment
Those who are taking this course for credit toward completion of the Ministry Development Programme are required to do the following assignment.
1) Identify a person whom we have discussed in class who also appears on the liturgical calendar in the Book of Alternative Services.
2) Using readings, collect, and other materials assigned for that day (found in For All the Saints, http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4905842/Liturgy/ForAlltheSaints.pdf ), as well as basic research from the course texts and other appropriate sources, compose a sermon for the celebration of your chosen person's commemoration.
3) The sermon ought to:
i) Be a sermon. In other words, it should reflect the gospel of Jesus Christ as you might preach it to a congregation.
ii) Reflect themes from the class. This is your chance to demonstrate that you have learned something about the theology and history of Anglicanism.
iii) Demonstrate basic research skills. Your work should indicate that you have been able to find helpful material on the person whom you are discussing. The textbooks will help. Feel free to approach the professor for advice and suggestions. Inevitably, you will find yourself using the World Wide Web. That is a reasonable thing to do in the present technological context; it's something that you will do in parish ministry. However, it can also be a risky thing to do, because anyone can say anything on the Web. Be careful about the websites upon which you rely. Make sure that they belong to reputable organizations and reflect the views of competent scholars. If you are in any doubt, don't hesitate to send the professor an e-mail with the URL and ask him to check it out.
iv) Include footnotes. I realize that you wouldn't ordinarily footnote a sermon. However, because this is a class assignment, footnotes are necessary and appropriate. Please, insert a reference for any piece of information that you have gotten from somewhere else — whether it came from class notes, textbooks, the Web or any other source. We'll talk more about this in class.
Due Date: May 5, 2017 by 12 midnight
Submission Form: Microsoft Word document, sent electronically to
Length: 10-12 pages, double-spaced, 12 point Arial or Times New Roman (Yes, I do realize that this is a long sermon.)
Grade Value: 50%
Additional Statements:
1. Support Services:
· Huron’s Faculty of Theology, Office of the Dean: http://www.huronuc.on.ca/faculty_of_theology/info_for_current_students
· Continuing Education and Non-Degree Program Co-ordinator, Faculty of Theology:
· Faculty of Theology office: , 519-438-7224, ext. 289
· Huron’s Writing Skills Centre: http://www.huronuc.on.ca/student_life/writing_services
2. 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 the Dean of Theology’s office (Room A227) and not to the instructor. It will be the Dean`s office that will determine if accommodation is warranted.
a) Non-medical absences:
Except by prior agreement with the instructor, non-medical absences from class will result in a deduction of 5% from the total grade per hour or part thereof.
b) The Reading Questions Assignment may not be submitted after the deadline. Participants who are unable to submit the assignment on time must contact the instructor to arrange an alternative.
c) The Sermon Assignment may be submitted until May 5, 2017. Late submissions will be penalized at the rate of 2% per day.
d) Medical absences: See also the Policy on Accommodation for Medical Illness
—Undergraduate Students, at http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/handbook/appeals/medical.pdf)
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 the Dean of Theology’s office, 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 (https://studentservices.uwo.ca/secure/index.cfm), Huron University College Academic Counselling website (www.huronuc.on.ca) or from the Dean’s Office or Academic Services Centre at Huron.