BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES
(THIRD YEAR "\YORK) 6. The rise and development of the modern Church with its new attitude (which is usually referred to as "The Modern Mind") and its mi ss iona ry, philanthrop ic and social movements. This will be an endeavor to get the hi stori cal bas;s and background of the complex a nd acute problems with which the church is now con fronted in its thinking a nd act ivit ies. JI. T he Ph il osoph ical Interpretation of these F acts of Religion. This will be an endearnr to fi nd the source, meaning and signifi cance of the fact of religion as found in t he hi story studi es. (FIRST YEAR WORK) 1. The interpretat ion of the world as it find s its culminati on in man and the social ord er. T hi s will be an end eavor t o get a clear idea of the d iffe rent theor ies of the or igi n and meaning of our world with special regard to the origin, nature and meaning of religion. This will inYolve the different theories of evoluti on a nd t he question of the poss i bility and nature of revelat ion. (SECOND YEAR "\YORK) 2. Jesus Chri st as the highest express ion of Ji fe a nd the logical key to the fin al meaning of our world and the supreme authority in religion. This will be largely a study in comparative r eligions in which there will be an end eavor to see the nature and s ignificance of t he di ffe rent worl d relig ions and to find the fundamenta l reasons why Chr istiani ty is the t fJ! ii 1 ersal and final reli gion. ( T HIRD YEAR WORK) 3. A study of Chri st ianity as a superna tural and r edemptiYe religion as affected by modern Science, Philosophy and• Criti cism. In thi s course we will frankl y face the claims of so-called scientific and historical methods that definitely exclude the supernatural and try to ex plain religion on a purely na turali stic or semi-natural-
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