Teaching the Reformation
For the past two weeks the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies at Calvin College has been hosting an intriguing three-week summer institute, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, entitled "Teaching the Reformation in a Pluralist Age."
The institute, which will conclude on July 13, is aimed at college and university educators at other U.S. institutions who teach survey courses, and who seek to find ways to integrate the teaching of the Reformation more effectively within West and World or World History courses.
The instructors for the institute are a group of eight specialists in various aspects of Reformation studies such as Lutheran piety, Catholic piety, church and state discipline, women in the Reformation, art and iconoclasm, and the Reformation in Eastern Europe.
The institute has attracted 20 participants from all over the United States.
The schedule consists of morning lecture sections and afternoon seminars and reading sessions. At the end of the institute each participant will give a presentation on how to better integrate aspects of the Reformation into West and World or World History courses.
Calvin's Karin Maag says the institute is an excellent way for the Meeter Center to use its collections and resources to reemphasize the importance of the Reformation in the history of the world.
