This seminar will consist of readings and discussion on the value of approaching learning, problem solving and life with a rational, objective, positivist philosophy. The course will explore methods for explaining supposedly mysterious phenomena according to rational, naturalistic causes. Topics will be drawn from current events, science and the humanities. Christianity aims to bring man into a right relationship with God. Christians seek comfort and guidance through prayer, reading scripture, and faith in God.
Psychology attempts to understand man and promote psychological health.
Biblical and psychological teachings may conflict. Some of the areas to be examined include ways of knowing, how clinical psychologists as a group view God, sin and guilt, forgiveness, anxiety and related emotions, self-control, behavior change, relationships with others, health and well being, and death. The goal of this seminar is to introduce students to a research environment on campus. This seminar will focus, in a word, is postmodernity. Specifically, we'll analyze the experiences of disorder, disillusionment, and anomie that have become increasingly widespread in our culture during the last fifty years.