BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES
(THIRD YEAR WORK) 6. The ri se and development of the modern Church with its new attitude (which is usually referred to as "The Modern Mind") and its mi ssionary, philanthropic and social movements. Thi s will be an endeavor to get the historical basis and background of the complex and acute problems with which the church is now con fronted in its thinking and activities. II. The P hilosophi cal Interpretat ion of these Facts of R eligion. This will be an endeavor to find the source, meaning and signifi cance of the fact of religion as found in the hi story studies . (Fm T YEAR vVORK) 1. The interpretation o E the world as it finds its culmination in man and the social order. This will be an endeaYor to get a clear idea of the different theories of the or igi n and meaning of our world with special regard to the origin, nature and meaning of religion. This wi ll involve the different t heories of evolut ion and the quest ion of the possi bility and nature of revelation. (SECOKD YEAR \\TORK) 2. J esus Chri st as the hi o-hest expression of Ii fe and the logical key to the final meaning of our world and the supreme author ity in religion. This will be largely a study in comparative religions in which there will be an endeavor to see the nature and significance of the different world religi ons and to find the fundamental reasons why Christiani ty is the universal and fi11al religion. (THIRD YEAR WORK) 3. A study of Christianity as a supernatural and redemptive rel igion as affected by modern Science, Philosophy and Crit icism. In this course we will frankly face the claims of so-called scientific and historical methods that definitely exclude the supernatural and try to ex plain religi on on a purely naturalistic or semi-natural-
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