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S ELF -S ELECTED A POLOGETICS A RGUMENT : A NALYSIS AND C RITIQUE – R ESEARCH S TAGE T EMPLATE Make sure you review and understand the assignment instructions and the grading rubric before you attempt to complete any part of this template. Do not change any aspect of this template; and do not delete anything from it. Instead, type your content in the spaces provided. Before typing your content, you should review the entire template to be sure you understand what is required. The purpose of this template is to provide you with a few major building blocks that can be incorporated into your final paper . In the sections provided below, you will insert your approved thesis statement, you will begin building the foundation for what will become the first two major sections in the body of your final paper, and you will footnote after each bullet point and reference in the bibliography sources used in your bullet point formulations (at least two from the opposing worldview). 1. Approved Thesis Statement The idea of pluralism and universality used in secular humanism differs greatly from the Christian worldview in which exclusivism and particularity clearly define that salvation comes through conscious faith in Christ alone. 1,2 The remainder of this form will help you begin working on what will become the first two major sections of your final paper – the analysis and the critique of the worldview you are writing about. The basic outline for your final paper should follow this structure: I. Introduction II. Analysis of Aspects of the Opposing Worldview III. Critique of Aspects of the Opposing Worldview IV. Defense of Christianity V. Conclusion In what follows, you will be crafting the building blocks that will eventually become sections II and III in the outline. 2. Analysis of Aspects of the Opposing Worldview This section will form the building blocks of what will become the first major section in the body of your final paper (section II in the outline above) : Summarize the worldview by using aspects of its presuppositions and beliefs using one sentence per bullet point (revision and/or expansion of these bullet points is required in the next stage of the project). The number of bullet points needed will be determined by thesis and the quality of your research but at least two are required. 1
Bullet point 1: Pluralism explains that salvation does not only come to those who hear the Word of God or else that would mean that most people who have ever lived were not saved. 1 Bullet point 2: Universalism defends the position that everyone, regardless of their religion, will be saved by God. 2 Bullet point 3: Inclusivism claims to have found a segue concerning pluralism and exclusivism. 3 Bullet point 4: Naturalism asserts that only the material world, the things that can be studied, are real and leaves no room for miracles, the supernatural, or God. 4 65 3. Critique of Aspects of the Opposing Worldview This section is focused on helping you build what will become the second major section of the body of your final paper (section III in the outline above) : Evaluate aspects of your selected worldview in order to show where it fails to provide a rational, livable, comprehensive system. Bullet point 1: Inclusivism discards the idea that Jesus is the Son of Man and is not divine. 5 p. 138 Bullet point 2: Particularity states that it is only through faith in Jesus, and the resurrection, that one can be saved. 6 Bullet point 3: Exclusivism was described by Jesus, John 14:6, as well as His disciples and has since been perpetuated throughout Christian history. 7 P. 128 Bullet point 4: Naturalism, as expressed by Hume, conditions miracles as a violation of the laws of nature and therefore cannot be full proof. 8 P. 64 4. Turabian bibliography (must be located on its own separate page; see below): [1] "What Is Inclusivism And Why Does It Matter?", The Gospel Coalition, Last modified 2022, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/what-is-inclusivism-and-why-does-it-matter/. [2] Gunton, Colin. “Universal and Particular in Atonement Theology.”  Religious Studies  28, no. 4 (1992): 453–66. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20019570. [3] "What Is Inclusivism And Why Does It Matter?", 2022. [4] Paul Gould, Travis Dickinson and Keith Loftin,  Stand Firm: Apologetics And The Brilliance Of The Gospel.  Nashville, TN.: B&H Academic, 2018. 65. [5] Stand Firm: Apologetics And The Brilliance Of The Gospel. 138. [6] “Universal and Particular in Atonement Theology.”, 1992. [7] Stand Firm: Apologetics And The Brilliance Of The Gospel. 128. [8] Stand Firm: Apologetics And The Brilliance Of The Gospel. 64.
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