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History of Christianity: the Contemporary Period [ LTHEO1281 ]


4.0 crédits ECTS  45.0 h   1q 

This biannual course is taught on years 2015-2016, 2017-2018, ....

Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Main themes To meet these objectives, the course covers the following: - the relations of the Church with the contemporary world (19th - 21st century) - the evolution of ecclesiastical institutions and the role of individuals and groups; - the evolution of the mentalities, practices and languages of the Christian faith; universalisation and regionalisation of Christanity. - an introduction to the use of the work instruments of the historian of that period.
Aims By the end of this course, the student should be able to: - situate the principal chronological markers of the history of Christianity from the beginning of the 19th century; - explain the challenges the ideological movements of the 19th and 20th centuries represented to the Church; - make proper use of the the work instruments of the historian.
Content This lecture tackles the following elements and goes further into some of them : the consequences of the French Revolution and on the Church, the Concordate of Napoleon, the liberal current of Lamennais, the Council Vatican I, the social movement with Leo XIII, the modernism, the birth of the Catholic Action, the communist, fascist and Nazi nationalisms, the theological and pastoral renewal which leads to Vatican II, and the characteristics of the Pontificate of John-Paul II.
Other information without object
Cycle et année
d'étude
> Bachelor in History
> Bachelor in religious studies
> Bachelor in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures
> Bachelor in Information and Communication
> Bachelor in Philosophy
> Bachelor in Pharmacy
> Bachelor in Ancient languages and Literatures : Classics
> Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English
> Bachelor in Economics and Management
> Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General
> Bachelor in Motor skills : General
> Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences
> Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : General
> Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology
> Bachelor in Political Sciences: General
> Bachelor in History of Art and Archaeology : General
> Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies
> Bachelor in Mathematics
> Bachelor in Biomedicine
Faculty or entity
in charge
> TEBI


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