Courses

Instructor: John Brenner

Description:
America has been a fertile ground for the development of a variety of denominations, religious movements, and cults. This course surveys America’s homegrown religions focusing on the historical background, development and main teachings or emphases of each. The course also explores the causes that gave rise to these various movements as well as identifying commonalities and differences among them.

During the Minnesota district-wide satellite event, choose this course as the main item of your agenda. You are welcome to take the course for credit (including assignments and readings outside of class) or you may audit the course (sit in for the material but without the work outside of class). The course will only cost $200 per credit if taken for credit and $100 if taken for audit. All retired pastors are welcome to audit any course free of charge.

Course registration will be available in the Student Information System (SIS) beginning February 4, 2025, and close April 1, 2025. Use the "Login with Office 365 button" once you've received a student account (if you don't already have one) and are logged in to Microsoft 365 with that student account. Need an account? Request one here.

WLS has been granted accreditation with ATS; therefore, the email domain has been changed from firstname.lastname@wisluthsem.org to firstname.lastname@wls.edu. Please use the new email domain to log in to Microsoft 365 and access WLS-related websites (e.g., Library Resources, SIS, SemNet).

For more conference information, please visit the district website.

Advanced Degree Program(s): STM
Area of Study: Church History
Summer Quarter Credits: 3
Tuition: $400
Course Number: CH5066
Course Credits: 1.0