We introduce the 8th of our ten MAPI courses for our 'Master's Degree in Apologetics and Polemics to Islam' program (MAPI).
This course is entitled IS508[23] "Responding to Islamic Christology", taught by Dr Paul Blackham, every Monday afternoon from October 23 - December 11, 2023.
This course responds specifically to the challenges by Muslims today against both the historic divinity of Christ and the doctrine of the Trinity, engaging with both the Bible and the Qur’an to support not only the doctrines of Christ’s divinity and the Trinity in the Bible but to simultaneously confront the doctrine of Tawhid in the Qur’an.
Beginning on Monday the 23rd of October (starting at 3:00 p.m. - Eastern Time) Dr Blackham will be lecturing for 8 weeks, with each lecture followed by a 'live' discussion and Q&A between the students and himself (as well as Dr Jay smith and Dr Daniel Janosik) on the material introduced in each lecture.
To register for the course just e-mail "Peter" before August 28th to: pdiaz@ves.edu
Dr Blackham will be lecturing 'live', via Zoom Webinar, every Monday afternoon from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time - USA) until December 11.
Since all of our teaching is by Zoom Webinar, you can watch the lectures from the comfort of your own home, anywhere in the world, or at any time, as they will be recorded and the URL will be sent to you by Dr Smith the next day by email.
But you need to be a Christian to take this course, due to the fact that it is being taught at the 'Veritas International University' (VIU) which is a Christian seminary headquartered in New Mexico, and, therefore, only Christian students can participate.
Every lecture will be recorded, and the URL along with the PowerPoints and PDFs will be sent to every registered student, so that those who are asleep in another part of the world and cannot thus be at the 'live lectures', can still watch them wherever they are, and at any time they choose.
As we have in the past, we are offering this course for 3 categories of students:
1) Full-TIme Master's or Doctoral Degree Students:
The first category are those students who want to take this course for a Master's or a Doctorate academic credit. This is a 3-credit course, so the fee for each credit is $330, which makes the cost for the whole course around $1,000 (depending on whether you are a returning or a new student). For these full-time students, the full course itself continues for 15 weeks, stretching from October 23, 2023 - January 29, 2024 (though there are only 8 weeks of lecture). This will give you ample time to read and then write logs on the books required for the course, participate in the discussions, write your Research papers, and write your final 'open book' exam.
2) Audit Students:
The second category are those students who want to simply audit the course. The fee for this 8-week course is $325. An Audit student will not have any assignments, but will have access to the Populi site where the discussions and assignments are found (like the Full-time academic students), and will be able to listen to the lectures and will be sent the PowerPoints and PDFs to download.
3) Personal Enrichment Students:
The third category are those students who simply want to take this course for their 'Personal Enrichment'. Their fee for the 8-week course is $225. Unlike the Full-time students or the Audit students, they will not have access to the Populi site, but will still have "live access" to all of the lectures and will be sent the PowerPoints and PDFs to download.
To underline the distinctions, while all of the students in all 3 categories will have access to all of the lectures and to all of the PowerPoints and PDFs for the entire course, the full-time Academic as well as the Audit students will also have admission to the Populi site to participate in the ongoing weekly discussions, and will have access to the reading lists and assignments, though the full-time students will only be required to fulfill them.
If you are interested in any of these 3 levels, simply e-mail the registrar 'Peter Diaz' at: pdiaz@ves.edu
But you need to hurry, as the first lecture begins on Monday, October 23, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US).
Just e-mail: pdiaz@ves.edu
Lecture Topics:
Week 1 - Foundations
Week 2 - The Qur'an & the Islamic Traditions on the Trinity and Jesus' Divinity
Week 3 - Jesus in all the Scriptures
Week 4 - The Trinity in all the Scriptures
Week 5 - The Trinity and the divinity of Jesus beyond the Scriptures
Week 6 - What happened at Nicaea and why does mediaeval philosophy matter?
Week 7 - Dr Shabir Ally and Trinitarian debates
Week 8 - Dr Blackham on the "Hot Seat" with 20 questions
We're looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Monday, August 28th, but do register first at: info@ves.edu
© Pfander Centre for Apologetics - US, October 13, 2023
(86,370) Music: Rustic Ballad, by Alexander Nakarada, from Flmmusic-io
