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Graduate School Of Apologetics And Theology PGDA: Post Graduate Diploma In Christian Apologetics |
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| Overview: | PGDA is our most basic course. It aims at equipping highly motivated Christians interested in the art of defending the Christian Faith. All higher level courses include the material of this course, as it lays the foundation of the unique Apologetic strategy developed by Calvin. The emphasis here is upon mastering the "10 tools of Apologetics" pioneered by scholars at Calvin Research Group. |
| Qualification: | Open To All who have completed 21 years |
| Duration: | Maximum 1 year, Can Be Renewed for 2 More Years |
| Syllabus
Part I:
In the right-hand section, Topic-group are shown in red and topics within that section in black. The number of topics within a given section keep changing in keeping with Trinity policy of revising and upgrading the courses. Thus at times a topic might be missing and couple of extra topics might find their way into each section. We supply all this text material FREE. The text supplied to you might ranging in length from 20 to 500 pages each topic. Each topic is considered a "module" and several modules make up a Topic-group.
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Foundations
2: Introductory studies on Abortion, Baptism, Bible Code
Claims
And Reality, Church Discipline, Church Leadership, Cloning, Genetic
Engineering,
Christian Counseling, Creationism, Doctrines Of Election, Eternal
Security,
Healing, Inerrancy of the Bible, The King James Version Controversy,
The
Lord's Supper, Marriage and Divorce, Moral and Non-Moral Issues,
Parachurch
agencies, Prophecy, Repentance, Spiritual Warfare, Christian's
Obligation
to the Law, Church and Government, Church and Politics, The Gift of
Tongues,
The Unreached, The Will of God, Women's Roles in the Church
Apologetics 1: Introduction To Christian Apologetics, Presuppositions of Christian Apologetics, Historical Apologetics, Reliability of The Canon, Revelation And The Pagans [Each topic here represents a textbook supplied by us] Apologetics 4: Errors of Interpretation, Bible Difficulties, Scientific Truth, Propaganda Techniques, Mind Manipulation, Resisting Mind Manipulation, Logic And Fallacies, Debating Techniques, Countering Debating Techniques, Leading Questions Apologetics 6A: God's Existence, Analysis of Open Theism 1, Analysis of Open Theism 2, Faith And Reason, Cloning, Bible And Science, Bible And Science 2, Bible And Science 3, Origin Of Coal And Oil, Archeology And Bible I, Origin Of Religions Readings: The above sections will have plenty of additional reading prescribed. This material is provided on the Textbook CD sent to students |
| Syllabus Part II: | The student will have to opt for three additional Topic-groups from the sections related to Apologetic Theology, Issues, or Polemics. |
| Syllabus
Part III:
We will supply all these CDs free of cost |
In addition to syllabus 1 and 2, the student will have to study around 40 audio lectures on Apologetics. These are provided on CDs, MP3 format |
| Practical Work: | The student will have to develop one simple self-study course on biblical and theological topics, similar to what is seen at ApologeticsCourses |
| Thesis: | 50 pages, double spaced thesis in a selected area of Apologetics, Polemics, or Apologetic Hermeneutics, or Text-based study in lieu of it |
| Text In Lieu Of Thesis: | Text-based study in lieu of the thesis is avilaable. You will have to study for 5 additional credit hours instead of writing a thesis. |
| Additional
Work:
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Additional topics [both text as well as audio] will have to be studied, based upon whether the student joins after theological studies, or secular studies. The Academic Council determines the additional subjects based upon a students qualification |
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