Hillsdale College Launches New, Free Online Course: “Theology 101: The Western Theological Tradition”
Hillsdale, Mich. – Hillsdale College announces the launch of its new online course, “Theology 101: The Western Theological Tradition.” The free, not-for-credit 10-week course examines the origins and development of Western theology from the Old Testament through the twentieth century.
“The Western theological tradition has had a profound impact on the development of Western Civilization as a whole,” said Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College and lecturer for two of the course’s lessons. “That’s why there has never been a great university that was not heavily concerned with the question of God, and there has never been serious Christian practice that has not been heavily concerned with learning.”
“Theology 101” is taught by Larry P. Arnn, professor of politics and history; Thomas J. Burke, professor of humanities; Jordan Wales, professor of theology; and Donald J. Westblade, assistant professor of religion.
Lesson release topics and professors are as follows:
- Theology at Hillsdale College
Larry P. Arnn - The God of Grace in Judaism and the Hebrew Bible
Donald J. Westblade - The God of Grace in Christianity and the New Testament
Donald J. Westblade - God and Grace in the Trinitarian Controversy
Jordan Wales - The Life of Grace and the Pelagian Controversy
Jordan Wales - Thomas Aquinas on Nature, Grace and Life in God
Jordan Wales - Martin Luther on Justification
Thomas J. Burke - The Council of Trent on Justification
Thomas J. Burke - Christianity and the Enlightenment
Donald J. Westblade - Knowing God in the 20th Century
Larry P. Arnn
Hillsdale College offers a catalog of free online courses taught by its faculty in subjects ranging from the Constitution to Winston S. Churchill, education, economics, and public policy. More than 1.3 million students have generated more than 2.1 million unique course enrollments since the program launched in fall 2011.