Required Textbooks
Roland Bainton. History of the Sixteenth Century Reformation.
C. Leonard Allen and Richard T. Hughes. Discovering Our Roots.
Winthrop Hudson and John Corrigan. Religion in America, 5th ed.

Course Description
This course is designed to acquaint students with the major personalities, events, and dynamics of church history in the Reformation and Restoration. Students will become familiar with the major Reformation streams. The student will be encouraged to ask how an awareness of history influences the present and the future.

Student Expectations
[Student expectations are set forth in the OVC catalog. These paragraphs simply reflect and clarify the matters addressed therein as they pertain to this class.]
Attendance Policy
School attendance policy will be followed. Students must attend class regularly. Excused absences are available only through contact with the instructor the day class is missed or in advance. The student is responsible for notifying the instructor when absent. The student is responsible for obtaining and completing assignments. Students with perfect attendance or one absence or less will receive up to 10 points on one examination.
Classroom Conduct
Students are expected to arrive at class on time. (See catalog.) If a student arrives at class late, he or she is expected to enter class without disruption and wait until after class to explain the reason for the tardiness.
Late Assignments
Homework must be turned in on time or early. Late homework will be accepted only during the next class period following the date the homework was due with one letter grade reduction (10%). Daily in-class work and quizzes cannot be made up. No make-up examinations are available.
Withdrawal Procedure
Class withdrawal procedures set forth in the catalog will be followed. The student must initiate an official process. Non-attendance does not constitute official withdraw. The student who neither attends nor drops the class will receive an "F" grade.

Goals and Objectives

1. The student will have a clear understanding of the major events and personalities in the Reformation period.
2. The student will be able to identify and reflect upon the significance of various streams of the Reformation and their influence upon the development of American religion. The student will thus be able to explain the way in which the Reformation and the European religious experience were reflected in the New World.
3. The student will be able to identify at least five indigenous factors that influenced the development of religion in the colonies, in the early American cities, and on the American frontier.
4. The student will be able to reflect upon the significance of church history in his or her own personal spiritual and religious development.
5. The student will be able to identify how one may use an understanding of church history to inform the future.
6. Those taking the course for three credit hours will be involved in quality research of primary sources in seeking to understand and apply some specific facet of this period of church history.
7. All students should expect to be involved in outside readings which complement the course content and provide additional orientation to the current state of Reformation, Restoration, and American religious studies, insofar as is practical in an upper-level undergraduate course. Students will be encouraged to advance as far as they are willing.

Criteria for Evaluation
The successful student will master each of the course objectives to some degree--no items will be completely omitted. The successful student will cooperate with the professor in a mutually stimulating and exciting learning experience. Evaluation will be based upon mastery of these goals and objectives as reflected in class participation, quizzes, homework and other various assignments, and examinations.
Class Requirements

1. Mastery of the chronology of the Reformation, including major personalities and events.
2. Mastery of the chronology of the development of religion in the American experience.
3. Mastery of the chronology of the Restoration, including major personalities and events.
[The content of these requirements will be set out in class; mastery will be demonstrated on the FINAL EXAM.]
4. Personal Research Project
Personal research project topics will be assigned early in the semester to correlate with the course outline.
Research projects will be due on the assigned date, with a presentation scheduled for the entire class.
5. A basic understanding of the periods of church history being studied with contemporary applications.

Evaluation
	15	Class participation
	30	Two Tests (2 x 15)
	15	Reflection paper
	20 	Final Examination
	20	Major Research Paper
	100	Total points possible

Grading Scale [% of possible points]
	A	90-100%
	B	80-89% 
	C	70-79%
	D	60-69%
	F	<60%

Research Projects
Each student will be assigned a research projects. Papers will be 15 pages, typed, double-spaced. Research projects are due on the date assigned.

Reformation
	Reformation Backgrounds
	Changing Views of the Church
	Luther
	Calvin
	The Anabaptists and Spiritualists
	Anglican experience in England
	Catholic Counter-reformation

Transitions
	The Lively Experiment
	Bringing European Religion to the New World
	
Restoration
	Religion in New England
	The Great Awakening
	Revivalism on the Frontier
	The Role of the Campbells
	
Twentieth Century American Religion
	The Influence of German Scholasticism	

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Compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

If you have a diagnosed disability and need special accommodations, please notify the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs before or immediately after your first scheduled class meeting. After your disability has been verified, your instructor will work with you and the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs to insure that you have a fair opportunity to perform in the course.