Universitas Biola

**Biola University** adalah sebuah universitas swasta Kristen yang berlokasi di La Mirada, dalam negara bagian California, Amerika Serikat.

## Organisasi

### Kolese dan sekolah
Biola menawarkan lebih dari 40 undergraduate majors dan 80 concentrations, ditambah program master, doktoral, dan gelar-gelar profesional. Gelar-gelar itu meliputi B.A., B.S., B.M., B.F.A, M.A., M.B.A., M.Div., Th.M., D.Min., D.Miss., Psy.D., Ed.D., dan Ph.D. Semua gelar itu telah mendapat akreditasi regional maupun profesional dan terintegrasi dalam doktrin Kristen evangelikal.

Sekolah-sekolah itu adalah:
* Crowell School of Business
* Rosemead School of Psychology
* School of Arts and Sciences
* School of Education
* Cook School of Intercultural Studies
* Talbot School of Theology

Dalam ranking kolese tahun 2014, *[[U.S. News & World Report]]* menempatkan Biola dalam kategori "Best National Universities" , pada peringkat 177 dari 281 universitas nasional. Biola adalah satu dari dua universitas nasional yang tergabung ke dalam Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) yang dimasukkan ke dalam tier pertama. Pada tahun 2013 Biola terdaftar sebagai salah satu 19 universitas nasional "up and coming" di Amerika Serikat oleh *U.S. News*. In 2014 Niche menempatkan Biola pada peringkat #3 dalam kategori ''Friendliest Students'' . Ini memiliki lebih dari 65 organisasi dan klub mahasiswa.

### Pendiri
* Lyman Stewart, Presiden dan Benefactor
* Thomas. C. Horton, Superintendent

### Presiden

## Publikasi
Universitas ini terlibat dalam publikasi sejumlah majalah dan jurnal akademik berikut:
* *The King's Business* publikasi bulanan Biola dari tahun 1910 samai 1970. In the first decades of its publication, it was the leading journal for conservative Christianity and the early fundamentalist movement. In fact, 'The Fundamentals" and *The King's Business* shared the same chief editor (R. A. Torrey) and were supported by the same "concerned laymen" (Lyman and Milton Stewart).
* *Philosophia Christi* is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year by the Evangelical Philosophical Society with the support of Biola University as a vehicle for the scholarly discussion of philosophy and philosophical issues in the fields of ethics, theology, and religion. The journal is indexed by The Philosopher's Index and Religious & Theological Abstracts.
* *[[Journal of Psychology and Theology]]* has as its purpose to communicate recent scholarly thinking on the interrelationships of psychological and theological concepts, and to consider the application of these concepts to a variety of professional settings. The major intent of the editor is to place before the evangelical community articles that have bearing on the nature of humankind from a Biblical perspective.
* *Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care* has as its purpose advancing the discussion of the theory and practice of Christian formation and soul care for the sake of the educational ministries of the church, Christian education, and other para-church organizations through scholarly publications that are rooted in Biblical exegesis, systematic theology, the history of Christian spirituality, philosophical analysis, psychological theory/research, spiritual theology, and Christian experience.
* *Christian Education Journal* has as its purpose to strengthen the conception and practice of Christian education in church and para-church settings.
* *Great Commission Research Journal* is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to research and scholarly thinking on church growth.
* *Biola Magazine* is the official magazine of Biola University.
* *Sundoulos* is the official magazine of Talbot School of Theology.
* *The Chimes* is Biola's student newspaper.
* *The Point* is a magazine produced by Biola's journalism program that won the 2008 Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award, the highest honor for a collegiate magazine.
* *The Inkslinger* is a student creative arts journal.
* *The Bells* is a humorous, fictitious news site created by and for Biola students. The Bells is a satire similar to The Onion.
* *Open Biola* is an online database allowing visitors from anywhere in the world to easily search, stream, download and share videos and other learning materials that engage academic topics from a Christian perspective. (http://open.biola.edu)

## Alumnus terkemuka
* Sikhanyiso Dlamini (2010)
* Tim Worrell (1990)
* Todd Worrell (1982)
* Charles E. Fuller (1921)
* Josh McDowell (1971)
* Wess Stafford (1975)
* John Thune (1983)
* Steve Bridges (1986)
* Scott Derrickson (1990)
* Andy Luckey (M.Div. 2001)
* Judith Hill (2006)
* Zach King (2012)

## Pengajar terkemuka
* William Lane Craig, Research Professor of Philosophy
* J. Vernon McGee, (almarhum) Professor of Bible and Department Chair
* J. P. Moreland, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
* Robert L. Saucy, (almarhum) Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology

## Referensi

## Pranala luar

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* Official athletics website