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Assignment: Working Bibliography
Overview
Developing the working bibliography provides you with your first opportunity in this course to practice scholarly research and receive feedback on the progress you're making. The goal of this assignment is to expose you to the scholarly research available to you, particularly those available in the Jerry Falwell Library. Additionally, this assignment allows you to further narrow your focus by showing you what types of research will be most illuminating and relevant for your project. After completing this first phase of research, you will receive feedback from your instructor on the sources and format. You should expect to make changes to your bibliography here. If you invest time in performing scholarly research here, you'll likely find that the next phases of research and writing are easier and more efficient.
Instructions
Using current Turabian format as illustrated in the Research Project: Working Bibliography Template, develop a working bibliography that includes:
A. At least 8 scholarly primary and secondary sources cited in Turabian style
a. Note that all the sources included in this bibliography must be scholarly, academic sources.
b. Wondering if the source is scholarly? The first place to look is the publisher. If the source is not published through a peer-reviewed journal or academic publishing company, then it is likely not a scholarly source and should not be included. The exception to this rule is ancient sources that would be considered primary or that predated modern publishing methods (e.g., works by the Church Fathers, Ancient sources, etc.)
c. Tertiary sources like dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances, handbooks, and popular-level websites (e.g., Bible Gateway, Blue Letter Bible, blogs, or sermons etc.) will not be counted toward the minimum source requirement.
d. The Bible, though certainly a source we'll use in these papers, should not be included on the bibliography.
B. For each source on the bibliography, you will include a 100-150-word annotation. This annotation should include the following information:
a. State very specifically how the source answers the research question
b. State whether the sources is primary or secondary
c. Explain the key argument of the source
d. Identify any biases evident in the source
e. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the source
Carefully read each of the sources you include on this bibliography before submitting the bibliography for grading so that you can determine the usefulness of the sources. The only exception to this requirement would be sources that you have requested through InterLibrary Loan that have yet to be delivered. If this is the case, note this on the bibliography with an asterisk at the end of the citation.
Task
There are 3 Discussion assignments completed in this course. You are required to post 1 thread of at least 250 words. For each thread, you must support your assertions with at least 1 citation in Turabian format (citations do not contribute to word count).
Module I: Is Genesis History?
The film "Is Genesis History?" includes interviews from 13 different experts on a wide variety of topics. Choose 1 segment featuring an expert, and provide a post to answer the following:
A. What is it about this expert's area of study that interests you?
B. What is one topic that you would like to have heard more about from this expert, and why?
Provide a brief summary of this area of interest you have and a resource that you found that discusses the topic well. Remember properly reference the source(s) you discuss.
Module II: Creation Interview
Choose one person outside of your immediate family or household to ask about creation issues. This can be a co-worker, neighbor, friend, etc. If possible, try to ask these questions of someone who you think holds different views than you do, and ask them if it is okay for you to write up their answers (without naming who they are) for this assignment.
The questions are:
A. Do you think that the creation account in Genesis records history?
B. When the Bible talks about God creating in six days, what do you think that means?
C. How old is the earth?
D. Do you think that Adam was a historical person?
E. What are some of the reasons why you answered the way you did on these questions?
Module III: The Quest
Read a substantial portion of The Quest by creation biologist Dr. Todd Wood. Based on your reading, please discuss the following:
A. What did you consider to be the strongest argument that he presents for young Earth creation? Why is that?
B. What did you consider to be the most difficult problem facing young-Earth creation?