Summer Seminar 2002, Sponsored by Calvin College, Calvin Theological Seminary, & Fuller Theological Seminary
From Tertullian to Tutu: Africa's Place in Two Millennia of Christian History
Andrew Walls, Centre for the Study of
Christianity in the Non-Western World,
University of EdinburghJune 17 - July 5, 2002
Course Description:
This reading seminar will explore themes in African Christian history in its premissionary, missionary, and post-missionary phases from the early centuries to the present. It will consider the intersections of that history with the Christian history of other continents, including African influences in Western theology, the intercontinental transfers that produced Afro-America and gave it special Christian signifcance, and aspects of African relationships with the Semitic world and India. The seminar will take note of images of Africa in Western literature and social thought, and of African visions of the Christian destiny of the continent. At a point when the West seems to be entering a post-Christian phase and Christianity a post-Western one, "From Tertullian to Tutu" ponders the place of Africa in the history of redemption.Faculty at colleges, universities, and seminaries, as well as advanced graduate students are welcome to apply. Seminar participants will meet daily for lectures and to discuss common readings. Personal research projects are not required, but participants are welcome to use the Calvin College library facilities and to engage the assistance of the seminar leader if they wish to pursue a research project while attending the seminar.
Program Description:
This summer seminar is for faculty at colleges, universities, and seminaries, as well as advanced graduate students and is held concurrently with other faculty summer seminars. Participants from all seminars are housed together, share a noon meal Monday - Friday, and participate in combined social activities.Calvin College, in cooperation with Calvin Theological Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary, seeks to influence the Academy and the world by promoting thoughtful, high-level scholarship that is shaped by the Christian tradition.
Contact seminars@calvin.edu. Last revised on 5 January 2004 by A.B. Chadderdon.
