1.以基督宗教與西方社會文化的關係和歷史脈絡為主軸，帶出基督宗教的原理性，以及基督宗教與其他文化間的關聯。
2.分析基督宗教對社會文化具有重要影響力的教義、思想、制度和事件，使同學了解基督宗教與社會、文化、思想的互動關係。
3.從基督宗教與以色列民族、歐洲民族、世界民族的多重角度來看基督宗教發展史，了解基督宗教歷史，亦明瞭基督宗教與多種民族的關連性。本課程採取歷史脈絡與主題系統的方式呈現，由淺入深引導同學了解基督宗教的起源和歷史發展，並由經典、傳統、基督、教義、節期、禮儀與相關藝術文化表現來明瞭基督宗教文明。

1. Taking the relationship and historical context between Christianity and Western social culture as the main axis, it brings out the principles of Christianity and the relationship between Christianity and other cultures.
2. Analyze the doctrines, ideas, systems and events that Christianity has an important influence on social culture, so that students can understand the interactive relationship between Christianity and society, culture and thought.
3. Look at the history of the development of Christianity from the multiple perspectives of Christianity and the nation of Israel, Europe, and the nations of the world, understand the history of Christianity, and understand the connection between Christianity and various nations. This course is presented in a systematic way of historical context and theme. It guides students to understand the origin and historical development of Christianity from shallow to deep, and understands Christian civilization through classics, traditions, Christ, doctrines, festivals, rituals and related artistic and cultural performances.

指定書目:
大衛．班特利．哈特(David Bentley Hart)。基督教的故事(The Story of Christianity)。王聖棻譯，臺中：好讀出版社，2013。

參考書目:
賽門．蒙提費歐里(Simon Sebag Montefiore)。耶路撒冷三千年(Jerusalem：The Biography)。黃煜文譯，臺北：究竟出版社，2013。
理查．哈里斯（Richard Harries）、亨利．梅爾（Henry Mayr Harting）編著。晴天譯。《基督宗教簡明史》（Christianity: two thousand years）。台北：啟示，2006。
王任光，〈西洋中古史時代的基督教史學〉，《西洋史集刊》，第一期（成功大學歷史系出版，民78.12），頁3-23。
哈維•寇克斯(Harvey G. Cox)。《基督宗教》。孫尚陽譯，臺北：麥田出版，2002。
《基督教早期文獻選集》，謝扶雅譯，香港：基文，1976。
John McManners主編，《牛津基督教史》，香港：牛津大學出版社，1996年。
Rodney Stark，《基督教的興起：一個社會學家對歷史的再思》，黃劍波、高民貴譯，上海：上海古籍，2005。
Peter Brown. The Cult of the Saints. Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1981.
Peter Brown. The World of Late Antiquity. New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989.
Peter Brown. The Rise of Western Christendom. Second edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2003.
Rodney Stark, The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.

Specified books:
David. Bentley. David Bentley Hart. The Story of Christianity. Translated by Wang Shengfen, Taichung: Haodu Publishing House, 2013.

Bibliography:
Simon. Simon Sebag Montefiore. Jerusalem: The Biography. Translated by Huang Yuwen, Taipei: Jiji Publishing House, 2013.
Richard. Richard Harries, Henry. Compiled by Henry Mayr Harting. Translated by Sunny Day. A Concise History of Christianity (Christianity: two thousand years). Taipei: Enlightenment, 2006.
Wang Renguang, "Christian Historiography in the Ancient Western History Era", "Collected Journal of Western History", Issue 1 (Published by the History Department of Cheng Kung University, 78.12), pp. 3-23.
Harvey G. Cox. "Christianity". Translated by Sun Shangyang, Taipei: Wheatfield Publishing, 2002.
"Selected Early Christian Documents", translated by Xie Fuya, Hong Kong: Jiwen, 1976.
John McManners, ed., The Oxford History of Christianity, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Rodney Stark, "The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist's Rethinking of History", translated by Huang Jianbo and Gao Mingui, Shanghai: Shanghai Ancient Books, 2005.
Peter Brown. The Cult of the Saints. Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1981.
Peter Brown. The World of Late Antiquity. New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989.
Peter Brown. The Rise of Western Christendom. Second edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2003.
Rodney Stark, The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.