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Contents 1 Biblical Studies: Correct title for this division? 2 Departmental Organization 3 Centers instead of Departments 4 Prayer Requests

[edit] Biblical Studies: Correct title for this division?

It seems to me based off of the department titles (such as "Christian Formation" and "Ecclesiology and Church History") that this division is more a division of Christianity in general rather than strictly "Biblical Studies." Christian formation tends toward Church History (or historical theology) and Ecclesiology is a branch of systematic theology. Neither are a branch of Biblical Studies. Because of this, I added a couple more theological topics (Missional theology and Eschatology). What does everyone else think? Create a new division for Christian Theology separate from Biblical Studies? Or keep Christian theology as a part of Biblical Studies? Cgsayler 02:39, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

I think Christian theology should be kept seperate from Biblical Studies, after all studying the Bible is not the sole preserve of Christians, but also Jews and Muslims as well as those sometimes referred to as "seekers" (an awful term in my opinion). AlistairReece 11:32, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Biblical Studies... hmmm. Are we studying The Bible or a bible? I would think that several points of contention may arise naturally from Biblical Studies that are based from within a belief system such as Christianity, so let's not do that. OK? It is natural that strong believers in The Bible as the Word of God (such as me) would detract from an objective study of the Bible and other ancient texts. CQ 18:27, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I think you need to diffentiate there between The Bible and scripture. Most religions have a set of authoritative writings which are "scripture", but only Judaism and Christianity have "The Bible" is some form. Muslims accept certain books as inspired but they are not regarded as canonical in the same sense as in the Christian and Jewish traditions. AlistairReece 12:37, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree that Christian Theology should be kept seperate from Biblical Studies. Biblical Studies is about studying the Bible, a practice that by nature should come before any doctrines are formed. Hence Biblical Studies knows nothing of more Systematic Theologies, such as Eschatology, or Ecclesiology. I propose that we keep the following:

• Hermeneutics,
• Biblical Overview,
• Bible Translation,
• Greek,
• and Biblical Languages,

and move the rest:

• Christian Formation
• Ecclesiology and Church History
• Missional Theology
• Eschatology

just my thoughts, --Opensourcejunkie 01:28, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Departmental Organization

Let me start another topic. I think that Biblical Greek and Biblical Hebrew (Ancient Hebrew) should go together under Biblical Language, and subjects such as Hermeneutics and translation should go under Biblical Theology, while Missional theology, Ecclesiology, Eschatology are simply related to another department. For example, Ecclesiology and Eschatology should go to the department of Christian Systematic Theology, and Missional Theology to Practical Depart or Christian Mission Department if we have that. Further, since this is Biblical Studies Dept. at large, we should have subdivision for Old Testament Studies and New Testament Studies. If then so, we can send Biblical Greek and Biblical Hebrew to each related subdivision (Old and New). There's still a lot need to discuss. Hisfootstep 09:17, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Centers instead of Departments

it was proposed on the Theology Talk Page that the Department of Traditional Christian Theology reorganize their substructure from "departments" to "centers". I wanted to propose that we do the same thing here. This would help clarify the whole departments within departments mess, while still allowing us to retain some organizational structure within the department. What are your thoughts? --Opensourcejunkie 01:34, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

The change to centers was made, along with a general revamp of the page. If there are any issues with the revamp, let me know; you can find a discussion of the changes on the revision's talk page.

[edit] Prayer Requests

I've added a page for prayer requests as a subpage of this one, and linked to it from the main page.

Why? Forgive my being blunt, but this a place for study not prayer. AlistairReece 09:24, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

There is certainly no reason to preclude prayer—when it comes to religion, prayer may be considered a very important element of certain kinds of study. The Jade Knight 16:35, 3 September 2008 (UTC)