Training Christian Youth at Biola
by Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland, President
T h ere are th r ee general areas of study into which all knowledge may be classified — namely, the hu manities, the sciences, and religion. The humanities have to do with all that relates to man and his environ ment as, for example, history, geogra phy, philosophy, psychology, sociology, civics, languages, and the arts. The sci ences quite easily fall into two great divisions — life sciences and natural sciences. Under the former are such subjects as biology, and botany; and in the latter division we find chemis
try, physics, mathematics, and other allied subjects. In religion lies man’s concept of God and the future life. Of course, we make a very keen dis tinction between religion, as such, and Christianity. Religion may be ex plained as individuals reaching out and blindly groping after God, hoping in some way to find Him; whereas, Chris tianity is revealed in the Bible as God reaching down to redeem man back to Himself. But into these general areas all knowledge may be placed. (continued on next page) 3
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