20SP_RE201A-CI: Monday Reading Questions: Reading Questions for Tuesday, March 5

Monday Reading Questions

From Wilken, chapters 24, 25

1. How would you describe the Christianization of Armenia and Georgia? How was Christianity introduced and how did they become Christian countries?

2. Why was language important for the Christianization of Armenia? That is, how was language translation a vital tool for making Armenia a Christian kingdom?

3. Why was the Silk Road (and other trade routes generally) important for the spread of Christianity to the far East during the 1st-5th centuries?

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Reading Questions for Tuesday, March 5

From Wilken, chapters 21, 22, 24, 25

1. What were the primary means of transmitting Christianity beyond the Roman empire beginning in the 4th century CE (after the conversion of Constantine) (all chapters)?

2. How did local cultures influence the shape of Christianity in Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Armenia, India, and China (all chapters)?

3. Who was Shenoute and why was he important in the history of the Coptic church and the Coptic language (chapter 21)?

4. In what ways was the Ethiopian church influenced by, and connected to the Coptic Church? To Judaism/Israel (chapter 22)?

5. What are some reasons that Armenian and Georgian Christianity were distinct from Eastern (Orthodox) and Western (Catholic) Christianity (chapter 24)?

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Monday Reading Questions

Reading Questions for Tuesday, March 5