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CHRTC 350 Science & Religion: Christian Perspectives
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Origins Dichotomy
 Church History
 Definitions of the Terms Catholic & Evangelical
 Categories of Divine Revelation
 Two Divine Books Model
 Bible Overview
 Categories of Divine Action
 10 Commandments & 2 Commandments of Jesus
 Metaphysics-Physics Principle
 Message-Incident Principle
 Epistemological Categories
 The 3-Tier Universe
 Hermeneutical Horizons
 Categories of Biblical Statements
 Categories of Biblical Concordism
 Re-Categorize Origins Debate

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WHAT IS RELIGION?    
  Religious Beliefs: Summary
 Interpreting Larson & Witham (1997)		 10
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WHAT IS SCIENCE?
 

Babylonian Cuneiform Numbers
 Sumerian King Lists Before the Flood
Gen 5: Hebrew Patriarchs Before the Flood
Matt 1 & Lk 3: Genealogies of Jesus

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SCIENCE-RELIGION MODELS
  Martin Luther’s Geocentric Universe
 Retrograde Planetary Motion		 13
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NATURAL REVELATION& INTELLIGENT DESIGN
  Metaphysics the Big Bang
 The Bacterial Flagellum
 The Interpenetrative Model of Science & Religion
 Evidence for Fine Tuning of the Universe
 Evidence for Design of Galaxy/Sun/Earth
 Convergences Index
 Convergences Index
 Ontological Parameter of ID
 Epistemological Parameter of ID
 ID Interpretations: Dawkins & ID Theory
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ASTRONOMY & GALILEO AFFAIR
  Plato’s Geocentric Universe
 Aristotle’s Geocentric Universe
 Ptolemy & “Wandering Stars”
 Retrograde Planetary Motion
 Copernicus’ Heliocentric Universe
 Phases of Venus		 22
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GEOLOGY & NOAH’S FLOOD
  Landing Sites of Noah’s Ark
 Werner’s Neptunism
 Hutton’s Vulcanism
Shark Teeth & Jaw
 Geological Column
 Dana’s Day-Age Theory
 Summary: Geology & Noah’s Flood
 Mesopotamian Flood Plain
 Flood Accounts across the World
 Biblical & Mesopotamian Flood Accounts
 Gilgamesh Flood Account
 Problems in the Biblical Flood Account
 Gen 6-9: Verse Distribution of J & P Sources
 Jahwist (J) Flood Account
 Jahwist Stylistic Features, Terms & Phrases
 Priestly (P) Flood Account
 Priestly Stylistic Features, Terms & Phrases
 Biblical Flood & Message-Incident Principle		 25
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EVOLUTION & DARWIN’S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
  Darwin’s Beagle Voyage (1831-1836)
 Darwin’s 1879 Letter to J Fordyce		 40
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GENESIS 1-11: BIBLICAL ACCOUNTS OF ORIGINS
  Gen 1-11 & the Message-Incident Principle
 Gen 11-12 Real Historical “Boundary”
 Origins of Gen 1-11
 Translations of Gen 1:1-3
 Gen 1: Creation Account Parallel Panels
 Gen 4: Non-Hebrew Patriarchs
 Gen 5: Hebrew Patriarchs Before the Flood
 Sumerian Kings Before the Flood
 Gen 11: Hebrew Patriarchs After the Flood
 Sumerian Kings After Flood
 Gen 6-9: Flood Account Chiasm
 Gen 10: Table of ANE Nations
 Gen 10: Verse Distribution of J & P Sources
 Priestly Table of Nations
 Jahwist Table of Nations
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MODERN ORIGINS DEBATE
  Categories on Origin of the Universe & Life
 Fossil Predictions & Fossil Record
 Progressive Creation: Daae’s Day-Age
 Failure of Concordism
 Lamoureux’s Personal Voyage in Origins 1
 Lamoureux’s Personal Voyage in Origins 2
Lamoureux’s Personal Voyage in Origins 3
Human Evolutionary Evidence
Human Origins & Metaphysics-Physics Principle
Human Origins & the Manifestation of Spiritual Realities
Human Origins & the Embryology-Evolution Analogy
 Human Origins & Message-Incident Principle
 Human Origins & the Apostle Paul		 51
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GREEK & HEBREW
  Greek Alphabet & Christian Fish
 Hebrew Consonants & Vowels
 Hebrew Word Structure
 Gematria
 Gen 1:1. Greek & Hebrew
 Gen 1:6-8. 2nd Day of Creation Greek
 Ps 19:1b. Greek
 Gen 1:6-8. 2nd Day of Creation Hebrew
 Ps 19:1b. Hebrew
Greek & Hebrew Vocabulary: 1st Half of Course
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HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLES
  1. Literalism
 2. Literary Genre
 3. Accommodation
 4. Textual Criticism
 5. Dynamic Equivalent Translation
 6. Sufficiency & Proficiency
 7. Implicit Scientific Concepts
 8. Scope of Cognitive Competence
 9. Historical Criticism
 10. Authorial Intentionality
 11. Baconian Hermeneutic
 12. St. Augustine’s Pastoral Perspective regarding Sci & Rel
 13. Ancient Phenomenological Perspective: 3-Tier Universe
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  13A. The Earth
  
  Immovable & Foundations 79
  Circumferential Sea 80
  Circular, Ends, Underworld & Flat 81
  13B. The Heavens
  
  Movement of Sun & the Firmament 82
  Heavenly Sea & "Waters Above" 83
  Excursus: Water Canopy & Vapour Theories 84
  Ends, Foundations & Luminaries in the Firmament 85
  Upper & Lower Heavens 86
  Conclusion 87
  14. Attribution of Divine Action in Origins
15. Ancient Phenomenological Perspective: Living Organisms
16. Science & Scripture: “Conservative” or “Liberal”?
17. Biblical Inerrancy: Toward an Incarnational Hermeneutic
18. Augustine’s Warning to Christians regarding Sci & Rel

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