Christianity: Interpretation and Practice
Comparative, thematic exploration of major Christian theological ideas and their relationships to practices across varieties of Christianity and contexts.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Discuss and write in the common language and themes of Christianity.
Analyze theological texts, connect texts to contexts and practices, and make scholarly comparison of texts and their interpretations.
Articulate how Christian interpretation is a dynamic process as evidenced in Christian texts and local examples of Christian communal practice.
Participate in fruitful, academically-informed discussion of difficult and often passionately debated theological ideas.
Articulate how Christianity functions as a complex, global religion in the variety and continuity of its interpretation and practice.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
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- Sophomore standing
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).
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Topics
- Major Christian theological ideas
- Relationships between theology and practices across Christian varieties
- Christianity as a complex, global religion
Skills
- Comparative and thematic exploration of Christian theological ideas
- Analysis of theological texts and scholarly comparison of interpretations
- Writing and discussing in the common language of Christianity
- Academically-informed discussion of debated theological ideas
Grades
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