Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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CHRI8TIANITY The purposes of Bethel College demand that aH of its areas of learning contribute to a student's basic appreciation of the Christian life. A Department of Christianity, however, has been established out of the conviction that the Christian faith itself constitutes a significant area of study in its own right. Courses have been designed to help students: (I) gain skills and essential background knowledge for the study of Biblical literature; (2) enter into a fuller understanding of the Wore of God both by viewing it in its broad perspective and by a more intensive study of its individual books; (3) appreciate the essential beliefs of evangelical Protestantism and the role of the Christian church in contemporary life; and (4) develop those attitudes which will lead him into a more sensitive awareness of the deeper dimensions of the Christian life.

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The wonder of God's creation In the courses offered by the Department of Biological Sciences, students may achieve a realistic understanding of the significant effect which the sciences have had upon our culture and the life of the individual. Work in the laboratory provides experience in careful observation, reflective thinking, and other elements of the scientific method. The study of human structure and function is essential for an understanding of human behavior and thus is related to work in the social sciences. Through field trips the students may gain an appreciation of the varied forms of life and the importance of conservation. Finally, students are encouraged to develop an adequate philosophy of nature through the consideration of such topics as speciotion and the origin of life. 27

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29 Robert Mounce Walter Wcssel Pastor Alfred Glenn