Graduate Certificate in Christian Apologetics
Program Requirements
Required Core Course (3 hours)
course | hours |
|---|---|
Christian Apologetics | 3 |
Apologetics Electives** (15 hours)
Choose FIVE of the following:
course | hours |
|---|---|
The Problem of Evil | 3 |
Apologetic Method | 3 |
*Philosophy of Religion | 3 |
*Logic | 3 |
Cult Theology | 3 |
The Historical Jesus | 3 |
Philosophical Theology | 3 |
Contemporary Philosophical Hermeneutics | 3 |
Theology of C. S. Lewis | 3 |
Metaphysics | 3 |
Christianity and the Sciences | 3 |
British Apologists | 3 |
Issues in Contemporary Theology | 3 |
Heresy and Orthodoxy in the Early Church | 3 |
Jesus and Islam | 3 |
Christian Responses to Islamic Cultural Differences | 3 |
Encountering World Religions | 3 |
*World Religions: Islam | 3 |
World Religions: Eastern Religions | 3 |
World Religions: Judaism | 3 |
Biblical Ethics | 3 |
Development of Christian Ethical Thought | 3 |
Postmodernity and Contemporary Theological Issues | 3 |
Epistemology | 3 |
Total Required: 18 hours
The entire certificate can be earned through online courses and special apologetics events*** or academic workshops although certain electives may only be available as semester courses.
*Available Online
**This list of electives is a representative, not an all-inclusive, list.
***Special event courses include Apologetics Schools sponsored by the NOBTS Institute for Christian Apologetics (ICA) and NOBTS Study Trips (Oxford, Reformation, etc.) and other special events.