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Class Schedule
| Dates | Topics | Readings and Due Dates |
| Jan 11 | Introduction and orientation | |
| 13 | Athens versus Jerusalem; Freud versus C. S. Lewis (video clip: Introduction) | ENT: Preface, Introduction, chapter 1 (Reading and Discussion Notes form) |
| 18 | Integration or PsychoHeresy: Sharpening the issues | Guy (1980) ; PsychoHeresy articles |
| 20 | Four core objections | see handout |
| 25 | A sacred-secular split: So, which is it? (guidelines for the reaction briefs) | Helweg (1999) interview and Tozer (1948) Reaction Brief due (Jan 25) |
| 27 | History of psychology and religion/faith issues | ENT: 2, 3 |
| Feb 1 | History of faith and science video clip: Are science and God incompatible? | J&J: ch 1 (pp 11-36) |
| 3 | Philosophy of science issues | VanLeeuwen, (1985) (ch. 1) |
| 8 | Philosophy of science issues (cont) | Jones (1986) DeVries handout |
| 10 | Modernism and postmodernism: Which seems most productive? | Wallace (1998) and Middleton/Walsh interview (1995) Reaction Brief due (Feb 10) |
| 15 | Postmodernism: A bolder approach? | Jones (1994) |
| 17 | World view issues: Do you have one? | ENT ch 4; Monsma (1994); Niebuhr handout |
| 22 | Epistemology and cosmology: Do you have epistemic humility? | ENT: chs 5, 6 |
| 24 | Midterm Exam | |
| Mar 1 | video clip: The problem of pain and evil | Yancey (1977) (chps 1, 6) |
| 3 | Anthropology: the Imago Dei? | ENT: ch 7 |
| 8 | Nature of integration: Noun or verb? | Bouma-Prediger (1990) |
| 10 | Models of integration | ENT: chs 8, 9; J&J: pp 36-44 |
| 15 | Team #1 presentation on Myers | J&J: ch 2, |
| 17 | Team #2 presentation on Collins | J&J: ch 3; |
| 22 | Team # 3 presentation on Roberts | J&J: ch 4 |
| 24 | Team #4 presentation on Powlison | J&J: ch 5 |
| Apr 5 | So many views: Can truth be found? | J&J: 6; ENT: 10 |
| 7 | NO CLASS--work on major paper | |
| 12 | Allies? God's two books | ENT: chs 11, 12 |
| 14 | WWJD: Would Jesus be, or is he, an integrator? | Carlson (1976); Major Integration Paper due (April 14) |
| 19 | The process of integration: To where from here? | ENT 13 |
| 21 | NO CLASS--work on take-home final exam | |
| 27 + | Final Exam period --Research Presentations (meeting time to be announced) |