A study of the social and spiritual development of young people. The course will seek to equip the youth minister with cognitive skills, resources, and techniques for ministry with young people through the church. A library of resources for youth programs and projects will be developed for use by the student carrying out a comprehensive youth program in a local church. A study of the basic principles in giving pastoral care and counseling to needy persons. Offered spring semester only.
Attention is given to informal fallacies, Aristotelian logic, and modern symbolic logic.
An examination of differing views on basic issues in philosophy of religion. A historical survey of philosophy and theology, beginning with the ancient Greeks and extending through the Middle Ages. Treatment will be given to Plato, Aristotle, the apostolic fathers, the apologists, Tertullian, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas. A historical survey of philosophy and theology from the time of the Reformation into the contemporary period. Attention is given to Luther, Calvin, the Pietists, the rationalists, the empiricists, and Kant.