New here? Not sure what’s going on? This is the place for you. 🤗

Everything you need for the course is available here–everything, that is, except where you turn in your assignments. But I’ll get to that. If you need anything, anything at all, and you’re not sure where to find it: start here.

MOST IMPORTANT LINKS:

• Student Resource Folder: All the readings, PowerPoints, handouts, etc. that you could ever ask for
• Syllabus: Your answer to “What the hell is this class about?” 
• Your Grading Contract: Where you determine your grade in this course
• Populi Page: Where you turn in your assignments
• Perusall: Where we read difficult texts together (course code: SAWYER-BLC2H)
• Zoom link: Where we hang out every week

WHAT’S GOING ON THIS WEEK & NEXT WEEK … & LAST WEEK?

Note: you should hit up these pages before the class date listed below. 

• April 3, Week 12: OK, What Now? Election, Ecclesiology, & Ethics
• March 27, Week 11: Atonement, At-One-Ment, and “Penial” [sic] Substitutionary Atonement
• March 20, Week 10: Incarnation II (Culture & Faith)
• March 13, Week 9: Incarnation I (Gender & Sexuality)
• March 6, Week 8: Barth & The Black Christ 

WHAT’S DUE AND WHERE DO I TURN IT IN??

Here are all the written assignments and their suggested due dates. They should be turned in on our Populi Page under Assignments > Name of Assignment. Note that these due dates are for your benefit only; no assignments will be deemed late if they are turned in by 11:59 PM April 12. Exceptions include in-class presentations and your grading contract.

• January 24: How Jesus Became Christ Reading Response
• January 31: The Invention of Orthodoxy Reading Response
• February 7: Grading Contract
• February 14: The Council of Nicaea Reading Response
• February 21: The Council of Chalcedon Reading Response
• February 28: Icon or Annotated Creed; Middle Ages/Early Modernity Reading Response
• March 6: Barth & the Black Jesus Reading Response
• March 13: Incarnation I Reading Response
• March 20: Incarnation II Reading Response
• March 27: Atonement Reading Response
• April 3: Election, Ecclesiology, & Ethics Reading Response
• April 10: Research Paper; Short Research Paper + Creative Project