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  • HUM 3800: American Christianity

    3.00 Credits
    Crossroads College (Closed)

    The development of Christianity in the United States, from colonial times to the present, serves as the focus for this course. Topics covered will include the European background to American Christianity, the impact of spiritual revivals and their leaders, and issues of American Christians' relation to American cultural and political institutions. The history of the Stone-Campbell tradition, especially in the United States, is another major theme in this course. Offered: alternate years. Staff
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  • HUM 4800: Church in the Modern World

    3.00 Credits
    Crossroads College (Closed)

    This course examines the relationship between the Christian Church and contemporary culture, specifically the challenges that this culture makes to the Church's life and mission, and the Church's response to these challenges. Special attention is given to the effects of Enlightenment "atheism" on American culture, as well as the fall of modern foundationalism and its effects on post-modern culture. Offered: yearly. Weedman
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  • HUM 4900: Rdg & Res in Hist & Literature

    1.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Crossroads College (Closed)

    Students may request independent study guidance in examining a topic not specifically addressed in a regularly offered course or in exploring a topic in greater depth. Offered: on demand and when feasible. Staff
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  • ICS 2700: Pluralism in Contemporary America

    3.00 Credits
    Crossroads College (Closed)

    This course is designed to increase students' understanding of the cultural diversity that exists in the United States. It will explore: (1) the historical view of pluralism and how it took shape, (2) how it affects people' s interaction with one another (particular emphasis will be given to concepts such as racism, sexism, ethnicity, culture, class prejudice, ethnocentrism, literature and religion to observe how these help shape a n individual? ? identity a nd society 's conceptualization of culture), and (3) the churc h's response to pluralism (how Christians should explore the claims of biblical faith in light of pluralism). Offered: yearly. M. L. Haglu
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  • ICS 3200: Cross-Cultural Communications

    3.00 Credits
    Crossroads College (Closed)

    This course acquaints students with the unique problems in communicating the gospel to people of other cultures. Students learn skills to help persons from differing backgrounds interact effectively. Prerequisite: SOC 2500. Offered: alternate years. Divino
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  • ICS 3500: World Missions:"Perspectives"

    3.00 Credits
    Crossroads College (Closed)

    The "Perspectives" course presents a comprehensive and dynamic view of the mandate for Christian missionary activity. Challenging readings, written reports, multimedia presentations, and distinguished visiting scholars and missiologists contribute t o students ' growing awareness that world evangelization is four dimensional: biblical, historical, cultural, and strategic. Special emphasis is given to issues revolving around cultural anthropology and cross-cultural communication, along with how sensitivity 95in these areas can help further realize God's global purpose. Offered: yearly. Divino
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  • ICS 3520: Hist.Models of Christian Mission

    3.00 Credits
    Crossroads College (Closed)

    This course includes a survey of the expansion of the Christian faith from its beginnings to the present day, with a focus on emerging factors and themes contributing to the advance (or decline) of Christian mission. Students examine ways in which Christian mission has been understood and undertaken historically, with special emphasis on contemporary understandings and models for Christian missions. Prerequisite: SOC 2500. Offered: alternate years. Divino
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  • ICS 3530: Studies on Islam

    3.00 Credits
    Crossroads College (Closed)

    This course examines the commonalities between Islam and Christianity, and the respective links of these two faiths to Old Testament Judaism. Differences and similarities between Muslim and Christian teachings and practice are studied, with particular attention given to the way Muslims live out their faith day to day. Emphasis is given to the present-day situation of Muslim peoples in mainland and island southeast Asia. The issue of conversions between Christianity and Islam is discussed. Offered: on demand and when feasible. Divino
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  • ICS 3600: Missions Anthropology

    3.00 Credits
    Crossroads College (Closed)

    This course is a study of the principles of cultural anthropology and their application to a cross-cultural ministry context. Social structures, worldview, religion, and economics are applied to a missionary setting in order to achieve effective communication of the Gospel. Learning culture is a study of human culture designed to equip missionaries to minister in cross-cultural contexts. This course guides future missionaries to develop a theology of culture, critique anthropological models and understand a culture by studying its life cycle and cultural subsystems. Offered: alternate years. Divino
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  • ICS 3700: Contemporary Trends in Missions

    3.00 Credits
    Crossroads College (Closed)

    This course covers current missiological issues and trends, including church-mission relationships, the ecumenical movement, nationalism, and their significance to the worldwide mission of the Church. This course is a comparative examination of the relationship and mutual influences of the Christian world mission and of contemporary secular trends on the global scale. "Mission" i s God? ? project to reclaim the whole world from its rebellion and alienation and to restore it to God 's rule. God has sent the church into all the world, to be in the world but not of the world, in order to participate in Go d's mission; it is what the church exists primarily for--to worship God and to invite the whole world to join in. But the church in the West is often too much conformed to the world to be aware of its missional calling or to be effectively involved in it. This course will consider a number of current trends in the United States and around the world, both in the world and in the church, that powerfully affect the chur ch's participati on in God's mission; it will attempt to develop an approach that will enable the church to be more fully and more effectively missional. Offered: alternate years. Di
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