Preparation of eight 1-page responses to questions based on the assigned primary source readings for the week and discussion questions provided. Space limitations prevent extensive quoting from primary sources, but you should indicate where important points supporting your answers are found with parenthetic page, section, or paragraph numbers, as appropriate.
Upload a Word document with your response to at least two of the following questions. Your response should be at least 200 words, but no more that 250. You must upload your response. Students who enter text in the box below will not receive credit.
Questions:
From Patrick’s Confession, what can you gather about his biography? What role do the scriiptures play in his narration of his life story?
Compare and contrast the “earthly city” and the “heavenly City” in Augustine’s writing. What are the ends or purposes of each?
In the account of the Evangelization of Nubia, what role does Christianity play in diplomacy and statecraft?
Please submit all papers double spaced in Times New Roman, 12-point font, with 1 inch margins.
Papers that do not meet or exceed the word limits will be marked down. Late papers will lose one
percentage point for each day late. Papers must include complete footnotes for all references and a
bibliography. Please use the Turabian footnote-bibliography style.
read
Gonzalez, pp. 241-294; chs. 24-27
Peter Brown, The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000, Tenth Anniversary Revised ed. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013), 123-141.
RWCH:
Patrick, Confession (pp. 221-228)
Augustine of Hippo, City of God (pp. 195-206)
The Evangelization of Nubia (pp. 188-192)