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"Apologetics is a discipline that deals with the
rational argumentation of the Christian faith. The name of it comes from a
Greek word "apologia" that means "to defend, to give reason for". (Geissler,
Encyclopedia of Christian apologetics)
Course length:
4 weeks
Starting:
April 9, 2012
Professor:
Jim Baird, Oklahoma Christian
University
The following topics will be discussed during this
course:
1. The case for God - reason and freedom.
2. The case for God - science.
3. The case for God - human nature.
4. God and men's suffering.
5. In defense of Christ.
6. In defense of Christ's Resurrection.
In August 1992, Jim was awarded his doctorate in philosophy from Oxford. His
dissertation was a new argument confirming the existence of God based on some
newly discovered limits on the ability of science to explain human thinking.
Dr. Baird joined the College of Biblical Studies at Oklahoma Christian
University in January 1992. His areas of specialization are Christian evidences
and philosophy of religion. He has present lectures on Christian evidences at
many churches in the U.S., as well as in England, Poland, and Austria. He has
also written articles on Christian evidences in various books and journals and
served as editor of the Oklahoma Christian's journal, Christianity and
Contemporary Culture (while the money lasted). In addition to teaching
apologetics at Oklahoma Christian University, Dr. Baird has been used as an
adjunct in this subject by Austin Graduate School of Religion, Abilene Christian
University, and Harding Graduate School of Religion. In 1999, Jim and Len
Feuerhelm won a $10,000 prize from the Templeton Foundations for developing a
new course dealing with the relationship between science and religion. Dr.
Baird currently serves as the preaching minister for Wilshire Church of Christ
in Oklahoma City.
Course Description:
This course will prepare
students to be able to defend their faith in some of the more challenging or
technical areas that sometimes come up in ministry, both in helping unbelievers
who are struggling with the intellectual aspects of faith and with believers who
want to understand what they believe more deeply and joyfully In the process,
we will work our way through twenty-five questions generated by ITCM students,
including questions about faith, doubt, evidence for God, evidence for Jesus and
reasons to commit to Christianity.
Students' requirements:
- to write essays and comment on the works of other course
participants;
- to pass a final test;
- to write a practical work.
Students would need to spend several hours weekly in listening to lectures,
reading books, writing essays, participating in discussions and taking tests.
They will be able to do all of this on-line. Students will have an access to all
needed resources, including lectures in MP3 format which they'll find on a
special websitehttp://moodle.itcm.ru/
In order to use all these resources effectively students will need a free access to the Internet.
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