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Module 4: Modern World (AD 1945 - Present)

• Introduction
• Appendix
• 1.       Overview: From First Things to Finalization by Winter
• 2.       Review of Modules 1 and 2: Creation to AD 200 by Winter
• 3.       Review of Module 3: AD 200 to 1945 by Winter
• 4.       Review: Worldview, Theology, and Missions by Buswell
• 4.       Review: Worldview, Theology, and Missions by Buswell
• 5.       The New Global World: Reconstruction, New Nations, and Changing Colonial Peoples by Winter
• 6.       Intercultural Communications and Voluntary Organizations by Kietzman
• 7.       Third World Leaders in Charge by Baker
• 8.       The Transformation of Asian Worlds: Communism in Asia 1945–1980 by Armstrong
• 9.       The 1960s: Affluence and Dissolution by Winter
• 10.       Changing Rural Peoples by Armstrong
• 11.       The Urbanizing World by Armstrong
• 12.       Population, Health Services, and Development Around the World by Armstrong
• 13.       The Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor by Baker
• 14.       Changing Religious Scenes by Armstrong
• 15.       The New Focus on Peoples by Winter
• 16.       Ethics, the Church, and Missions in the Modern World by Emery
• 17.       Development and Grassroots Efforts by Armstrong
• 18.       Dictatorships, Coups, and Terror by Baker
• 19.       The Quest for Social and Economic Justice by Armstrong
• 20.       Prepare for the End-of-Module Assignments
• 21.       Liberation Theology and the Church in Latin America by Baker
• 22.       The Retreat of Communism, New Nations Arise by Armstrong
• 23.       Missions in Creative Access Countries by Armstrong
• 24.       The Christian Tradition and Islam by Winter
• 25.       The Western Tradition Impacts Asia by Winter
• 26.       New Expressions in African Theology; Ethnomusicology and Missions by Armstrong
• 27.       Advancing Science and Global Civilization by Winter
• 28.       Today's World: Postmodernism and Social Problems by Baker
• 29.       Living and Dying in Today's World: Bioethics and Medical Science by Armstrong
• 30.       Trends in Education by Emery
• 31.       The Ethnic Factor in Today's World by Armstrong
• 32.       The Painful Polarization of Church and Mission by Winter
• 33.       The Gospel in Today's Religious and Secular Worlds by Armstrong
• 34.       Religious Pluralism, the New Age, and Earthkeeping by Armstrong
• 35.       Global Civilization and Global Networks by Winter
• 36.       Work on the Capstone Project and the Final Research Paper
• 41.       Theology and Apologetics: Scripture by Winter
• 42.       Theology and Apologetics: God and Humankind by Armstrong
• 43.       Theology and Apologetics: Christ, Salvation, and the Kingdom of God by Baker
• 44.       Theology and Apologetics: Eschatology, the Afterlife, and Spirit Powers by Armstrong
• 45.       Theology and Apologetics: The Holy Spirit, the Church, and Gifts by Winter
• 46.       World Religions and Missions: The Tribal World and Animism by Buswell
• 47.       World Religions and Missions: The Hindu World and Religious Pluralism by Armstrong
• 48.       World Religions and Missions: Buddhism, Asian Religions, and De-Westernization by Armstrong
• 49.       World Religions and Missions: The Islamic World and Contextualization by Armstrong
• 50.       World Religions and Missions: The Secular World and Judaism by Baker
• 51.       Anthropological Perspectives: The Cultural and the Supracultural by Buswell
• 52.       Anthropological Perspectives: Social and Cultural Institutions by Armstrong
• 53.       Anthropological Perspectives: Evangelicalism in Modern Culture by Baker
• 54.       Anthropological Perspectives: Change and Agents of Change by Armstrong
• 55.       Linguistic Insights and Intercultural Understanding by Winter
• 56.       Perspectives from Comparative Literature
• 57.       Historical Perspectives: Archaeology and Ancient History by Winter
• 58.       Historical Perspectives: The Classical Period and Historiography by Baker
• 59.       Historical Perspectives: The Middle Period, Themes and Biases by Winter
• 60.       Historical Perspectives: The Modern Period and Divergent Views by Baker
• 61.       International Development as an Instrument of God’s Will for the Earth by Snodderly
• 62.       Science, Technology, and Math: Historical Developments by Emery
• 63.       Science and Global Civilization Today by Winter
• 64.       Science, Technology, and Math: Practical Applications by Armstrong
• 65.       The Phenomenon of Global Civilization by Winter
• 66.       Complete the Final Research Paper, the Capstone Project, and the Second Book Review