SOCIOLOGY The aim of this course is to provide the student with the basic concepts of sociology and with a thoroughly Christian and scientific attitude towards social problems, insti tutions, and human relations generally. 202 SOCIOLOGY. An introduction to the study of social groups, their inter act ions and their effects on the individual. Deals wi th the family, culture, race relations, and population problems. Credit, three hours. ANTHROPOLOGY The aim is to provide the student with scientific data concerning the origin of man and the contemporary cultures of primitive societies. This material is especi ally adapted to the needs of students contemplating missionary service. 410 ANTHROPOLOGY. The origin and antiquity of man; racial criteria and problems; anthropometry; culture, including material culture, social organiza tion, language, religion, etc. Credit, two hours. DEPARTMENT OF APOLOGETICS AND PHILOSOPHY BERNARD L. RAMM, Ph .D., Professor (Head of the Depa rtment) TIMOTHY FETLER, Ph.D., Instruc tor IONE LOWMAN, Ph.D. APOLOGETICS The aim and goal of the department of Apologetics is to correlate Christianity with the knowledge attained by man philosophically and scientifically. Working from an adequate exegetical knowledge of the Scriptures and reasonable familiarity with the present status of philosophy and science, it endeavors to show the harmony of Christianity with the realm of fact and logic. 104 GENERAL BIBLICAL INTRODUCTION. A study of the inspiration of the Bible, the history of the text of the Old and New Testaments, the canon, and the versions with special emphasis upon the English versions up to our day. Credit, two hours.
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CHRISTIAN EVIDENCES. The basic problem of the relationship of Christian faith to secular, scientific, and philosophic knowledge. The principal burden of the course is to show the truthfulness of Christianity on the basis of the supernatural element present in Biblical history, e.g., miracles, prophecy, and the resurrection. Credit, two hours. BIBLE AND SCIENCE. The general relationship of scientific knowledge to Biblical faith; and specifically those passages of the Bible that are called in question by science, e.g., creation, the flood, the ark, the long day of Joshua, Jonah and the whale, and other miracles. Credit, two hours.
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PHILOSOPHY It is the purpose of this department to acquaint the student with the principal problems and issues of philosophy, historical and contemporary. The effort is made to give a sympathetic insight into the great philosophers and philosophies of the past and present. In specialized courses the problems and issues of philosophies are given an evaluation based upon the particular emphasis of our own school as contained in its charter. 102 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY. An introduction to the problems of ph ilosophy dealt with on a hi storical basis. The course is designed to acquaint the student with the scope of philosophy and give him some experience in philosophic thinking. Credit, two hours. 49
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