APOL 630 - Current Issues in Apologetics

APOL 630 Discussion Board Forums (2)

Discussion boards are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will create a thread in response to the provided prompt for each forum. Each thread must be at least 400 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student will reply to the threads of at least 2 classmates. Each reply must be at least 200 words. (Outcomes: A, B, C, E)

APOL 630 Interview Assessment

The student will write an assessment of at least 600 words on David Baggett’s interview with John Shook in current Turabian format. (Outcomes: B, C, E)

APOL 630 Debate Evaluation

The student will listen to any online debate between a theist and an atheist on God and ethics. The student will then write an assessment of at least 600 words on the debate in current Turabian format. (Outcomes: A, B, C, E)

APOL 630 Article Critique

The student will write a critical assessment of at least 600 words on George Mavrodes’ article “Religion and the Queerness of Morality” in current Turabian format. (Outcomes: A, B, C, E)

APOL 630 Letter to a Friend

The student will write a letter to a friend (real or hypothetical) of at least 900 words, laying out a version of the moral argument in an irenic, friendly, conversational manner for evangelistic purposes. The assignment must be in current Turabian format. (Outcomes: B, D, E)

APOL 630 Book Critique

The student will write a critical assessment of at least 900 words explaining whether or not he or she agrees with the assessment of Lewis’s The Abolition of Man provided in Chapter 8 of God and Cosmos. The assignment must be in current Turabian format. (Outcomes: A)

APOL 630 Research Paper

The student will write a 3,000–3,600-word research-based paper that identifies all 4 components of the moral argument. Following this, the student will spend the rest of the paper explaining and replying to objections to 1 of the 4 components of the moral argument. The assignment must be in current Turabian format. (Outcomes: B, C, D, E)