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Richard G. Howe, Ph.D. 
Professor of Philosophy and Apologetics
Director of the Ph.D. Program

BA in Bible, Mississippi College
MA in Philosophy, The University of Mississippi (Master's Thesis:
An Analysis of 
     William Lane Craig's Kalam Cosmological Argument
)
Ph.D. in Philosophy, The University of Arkansas (Doctoral Dissertation:

     Defense of Thomas Aquinas' Second Way
)
Website:
http://www.richardghowe.com
Blog: http://quodlibetalblog.wordpress.com
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Office: The Ross Rhoads Center for Evangelism Rm. 214
Email: rhowe@ses.edu
Email for Distance Education students: rhowedistanceeducation@ses.edu
Ext.: 212

Courses for Spring 2010
 
     AP 506 History of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy: Mondays 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
      AP 1014 Religious Apologeics [Ph.D.]: Tuesdays 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
      AP 504 World Religions: Tuesdays 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
      AP 511 Apologetic Systems: Wednesdays 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Office Hours for Spring 2010
     TBA

Course for Summer 2010 (May 10-14)
      AP 905 Christian Ethical Issues and Apologetics [DMin]: M-F 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Guide for Research Paper
Turabian Paper Template

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AP 408 Other Religions: Contemporary Occultism Minimize

          Syllabus AP408
          World Views
          World Views and the Nature of Man
          Introduction to the Occult 2
          Satanism
          Biblical Doctrine of Satan
          Study Guide Exam 1
          Study Guide Exam 2
          Occult Teachings in the Church
          Bibliography on the Word of Faith Movement
          Word of Faith Power Point Slides
          Study Guide Exam 3

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AP 501 Introduction to Apologetics Minimize

          Syllabus AP501
          Part 1: Philosophical Foundation
               Introduction (slides)
               How Can We Know Anything at All? (slides)
               Influence of Skeptical Philosophy
               NOMA, POMA, COMA (slides)
               Self Refuting Propositions (slides)
          Part 2: The Existence of God
               The Existence of God (slides)
               Answering the Apostles of the New Atheism (slides)
          Part 3: The Truth of Christianity
               Historicity of the Bible (slides)
               On the DaVinci Code (slides)
               The Bible on Jesus (slides)
               JAMA article
               Jesus on the Bible and the Inerrancy of the Bible (slides)
               Explaining Inerrancy (Chicago Statement)
          Readings
               F. F. Bruce - The New Testament Documents

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AP 502 Contemporary Cults Minimize

     Introduction and Marks of a Cult (slides)
     "Convince Us of Our Errors"
     Mormonism and the Marks of a Cult
     Mormonism's Plan of Salvation
     Doctrinal Differences Between Evangelical Christianity and Mormonism
     Jehovah's Witnesses and the Marks of a Cult
     Mormonism Readings
          LeGrand Richards - A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
          "What the Mormons Think of Christ"
          Bruce R. McConkie - Mormon Doctrine
               "Melchizedek Priesthood"
               "Mother in Heaven"
               "Restoration of the Gospel"
               "Salvation by Grace"
     Jehovah's Witnesses Readings
          Watchtower - Should You Believe in the Trinity?
          Watchtower - What Must I Do To Be Saved"
              
"What Must I Do to Be Saved?" and "What We Must Do to Be Saved"
          Watchtower - A Divided Church: Can It Survive?
               "A Divided Church: How Bad Is It?"; "A Divided Church: Can It Survive?" and "At Which Table Are You Feeding?"
          Watchtower - Is the Bible Open to Just Any Interpretation?
               "Is the Bible Open to Just Any Interpretation?"
          Insights on the Scriptutes
               "God's Active Force: Holy Spirit"
     New Age and Occult Readings
          Masonry
               The Holy Bible: Masonic Edition 
                    Title page
                    "The Great Light of Masonry" 
                    "Charge to Master Mason" 
                    "The Bible in Masonry" 
                    "Scriptural Quotations and Allussions in the Masonic Ritual"
               Albert G. Mackey - An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry "Royal Art"
               Manley P. Hall - The Secret Teachings of All Ages "Freemasonic Symbolism"
          Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
          Other New Age Writers
               Deepak Chopra Interview "What's Deepak's Secret?"
               Matthew Fox Interview "The Sounds of Silence"
               Helen Schucman - A Course in Miracles
               Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich
     Word of Faith
          Kenneth Copeland - The Laws of Prosperity and Paul Yonggi Cho - The Fourth Dimension
          
William DeArteaga - Quenching the Spirit
     
Contemplative Spirituality
          "Contemplative Spirituality: A Shalem Senior Staff Monograph"
          Thomas Keating "Resting in God's Presence"
     Christian Responses
          Harner: "Qualitative Anarthrous Nouns"
          The First and the Last
          The Trinity
          Hell
          Marcia Montenegro
               "A New Earth, Ancient Deception"
               "Comtemplating Comtemplative Prayer: Is it Really Prayer?"
          New Age Scripture Twisting (slides)
          Occult Background of the New Age Movement (slides)
          "Does the Bible Teach Reincarnation?"
          "Some Concerns About Holistic Medicine, Dr. Bernie Siegel, and New Age Occultism" (Pt. 1)
          "Some Concerns About Holistic Medicine, Dr. Bernie Siegel, and New Age Occultism" (Pt. 2)

 

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          Introduction and Categorical Logic
               Introduction to Logic (slides)
               Comparative Chart on the Rules for the Categorical Syllogism
          Truth-Functional Logic
               Symbolizing and Translating Truth-Functional Propositions
               Argument Patterns
               Baum text 1 - Truth-Functional Propositions
               Baum text 2 - Propositional Logic
               Answers for Handout 1 - Symbolizing Truth-Functional Propositions
               Answers for Handout 7 - Using Truth-Tables to Test for Validity
               Answers for Handout 9 - Using Rules of Inference and Replacement
               Handout 6 - Truth-Tables for Argument Patterns (corrected)
               Study Guide Exam 2
          Informal, Inductive, and Scientific Logic
               Informal Fallacies
               Mill's Methods
               Induction and Scientific Thinking
               Study Guide Exam 3
 

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AP 504 World Religions Minimize

          Course Materials
            
World Religions 1 Slides
           
What About Those Who Have Never Heard the Gospel? Slides
     
       Star Wars
           
Some Doctrinal Contrasts Between Islam and Christianity
           
Zoroaster, Buddha, Socrates, Muhammad, Jesus
           
Miracles
            Study Guide Exam 1

          Readings
           
The Upanishads
           
Does the Bible Teach Reincarnation?
           
The Bhadavad Gita
           
Buddha - The Word
           
Does the Bible Teach Reincarnation?
           
Tao Te Ching
           
Confucius - Analects
           
Excerpts from the Koran

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AP 505 History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Minimize

          Syllabus AP505
          Ancient
               Introduction
                    Some Preliminary Matters (slides)
                    Divisions of the History of Philosophy
               Plato
                    Plato (slides)
                    Plato's Theory of Knowledge
                    Euthyphro Dilemma (slides)
               Aristotle
                    Aristotle (o
verheads)
                    Aristotle (slides)
                   
Notes on the Nicomachean Ethics
          Medieval
               Emanation in Plotinus
               Development of Christian Thought and Defending the Hand Maid (slides)
               Augustine (slides)
               Realism
               Thomas Aquinas' Theory of Knowledge
               Thomas Aquinas' Second Way (slides)
               Essence, Existence, and Esse in Thomas Aquinas
               Good in Aristotle and Aquinas (outline)
               Good in Aristotle and Aquinas
               Natural Law (slides)
          Readings
              
Etienne Gilson Methodical Realism
          Collaterial Readings
               Joseph Owens An Interpretation of Existence
               Jan A. Aertsen "The Convertability of Being and Good in St. Thomas Aquinas" 
               Christian Van Dyke "Not Properly a Person: The Rational Soul and 'Thomistic Substance Dualism'"
              

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          Syllabus AP 506 Modern and Contemporary Philosophy Spring 2010
          Introduction (slides)
          Descartes (slides)
          Spinoza (slides)
          Locke, Berkeley, and, Hume Knowledge Charts
          Kant Knowledge Chart
          The Ethics of Kant (slides)
          Study Guide Mid Term
 

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AP 802 Contemporary Cults Minimize

     Introduction and Marks of a Cult (slides)
     "Convince Us of Our Errors"
     Mormonism and the Marks of a Cult
     Mormonism's Plan of Salvation
     Doctrinal Differences Between Evangelical Christianity and Mormonism
     Jehovah's Witnesses and the Marks of a Cult
     Mormonism Readings
          LeGrand Richards - A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
          "What the Mormons Think of Christ"
          Bruce R. McConkie - Mormon Doctrine
               "Melchizedek Priesthood"
               "Mother in Heaven"
               "Restoration of the Gospel"
               "Salvation by Grace"
     Jehovah's Witnesses Readings
          Watchtower - Should You Believe in the Trinity?
          Watchtower - What Must I Do To Be Saved"
              
"What Must I Do to Be Saved?" and "What We Must Do to Be Saved"
          Watchtower - A Divided Church: Can It Survive?
               "A Divided Church: How Bad Is It?"; "A Divided Church: Can It Survive?" and "At Which Table Are You Feeding?"
          Watchtower - Is the Bible Open to Just Any Interpretation?
               "Is the Bible Open to Just Any Interpretation?"
          Insights on the Scriptutes
               "God's Active Force: Holy Spirit"
     New Age and Occult Readings
          Masonry
               The Holy Bible: Masonic Edition 
                    Title page
                    "The Great Light of Masonry" 
                    "Charge to Master Mason" 
                    "The Bible in Masonry" 
                    "Scriptural Quotations and Allussions in the Masonic Ritual"
               Albert G. Mackey - An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry "Royal Art"
               Manley P. Hall - The Secret Teachings of All Ages "Freemasonic Symbolism"
          Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
          Other New Age Writers
               Deepak Chopra Interview "What's Deepak's Secret?"
               Matthew Fox Interview "The Sounds of Silence"
               Helen Schucman - A Course in Miracles
               Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich
     Word of Faith
          Aberrant Theologies: Occult Teachings in the Church (Outline)
          Word of Faith Movement (slides)
          Kenneth Copeland - The Laws of Prosperity and Paul Yonggi Cho - The Fourth Dimension
          
William DeArteaga - Quenching the Spirit
     
Contemplative Spirituality
          "Contemplative Spirituality: A Shalem Senior Staff Monograph"
          Thomas Keating "Resting in God's Presence"
     Christian Responses
          Harner: "Qualitative Anarthrous Nouns"
          The First and the Last
          The Trinity
          Hell
          Marcia Montenegro
               "A New Earth, Ancient Deception"
               "Comtemplating Comtemplative Prayer: Is it Really Prayer?"
          New Age Scripture Twisting (slides)
          Occult Background of the New Age Movement (slides)
          "Does the Bible Teach Reincarnation?"
          "Some Concerns About Holistic Medicine, Dr. Bernie Siegel, and New Age Occultism" (Pt. 1)
          "Some Concerns About Holistic Medicine, Dr. Bernie Siegel, and New Age Occultism" (Pt. 2)

 

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AP 804 World Religions Minimize

          Course Materials
            AP 804 World Religions (Distance Education) Syllabus
            
World Religions 1 Slides
           
What About Those Who Have Never Heard the Gospel? Slides
            Star Wars
           
Some Doctrinal Contrasts Between Islam and Christianity
           
Zoroaster, Buddha, Socrates, Muhammad, Jesus
           
Miracles

          Readings
           
The Upanishads
           
Does the Bible Teach Reincarnation?
           
The Bhadavad Gita
           
Buddha - The Word
           
Does the Bible Teach Reincarnation?
           
Tao Te Ching
           
Confucius - Analects
           
Excerpts from the Koran

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          Syllabus AP1014 Religious Apologetics [Ph.D.]
          Schmidt Reading Part 1
          Schmidt Reading Part 2
          Schmidt Reading (whole)
          Andrew Lang - The Making of Religion

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