NEW MAPI Course: "All about Muhammad" (Oct 24-Dec 12)

We now introduce the third of our ten MAPI Courses for our 'Master's Degree in Apologetics and Polemics to Islam' program (MAPI). This course is entitled IS503 "A Critical Assessment of Muhammad", taught by Dr Daniel Janosik and Dr Jay Smith, every Monday night from October 24 until December 12, 2022. This course unpacks who Muhammad was, and is today, and gives a Christian response to the founder and paradigm for all Muslims. So, beginning on Monday the 24th of October, 2022 (beginning at 8:00 p.m. - Eastern Time) Dan and Jay will be lecturing for 8 weeks, followed by a live discussion and Q&A between the students and us on the material introduced in each lecture. To register for the course just e-mail before August 29th to: info@ves.edu Dan and Jay will be introducing each lecture 'live', via Zoom Webinar, every Monday evening, from 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time - USA), from October 24 - December 12 (inclusive), and you can also watch the lectures from the comfort of your own home, anywhere in the world, or at any time, as they will be recorded and the URL will be sent to you the next day by email. But you need to be a Christian to take this course, due to the fact that it is being taught at the 'Veritas International University' (VIU) which is a Christian seminary, and, therefore, can only permit Christian students to participate. Every lecture will be recorded, and the URL along with the PowerPoint and PDFs for every lecture will be sent to every registered student, so that those who cannot be at the 'live lectures' (via the Zoom Webinar), can still watch them wherever they are in the world, and at any time they choose. As we have in the past, we are offering this course for 3 categories of students: 1) Full-TIme Master's or Doctoral Degree Students: The first category are those students who want to take this course for a Master's or a Doctorate academic credit. This is a 3-credit course, so the fee for each credit is $330, which makes the cost for the whole course around $1,000 (depending on whether you are a returning or a new student). For these full-time students, the full course itself continues for 15 weeks, stretching from October 24 - January 28 (though there are only 8 weeks of lecture). This will give you ample time to read and then write logs of the books required for the course, participate in the discussions, write your Research papers, and write your final 'open book' exam. 2) Audit Students: The second category are those students who want to simply audit the course. The fee for this 8-week course is $280. An Audit student will have access to the Populi site where the discussions and assignments are found (like the Full-time academic students), and will have access to the lectures and will be sent the PowerPoints and PDFs to download. 3) Personal Enrichment Students: The third category are those students who simply want to take this course for their 'Personal Enrichment'. Their fee for the 8-week course is $200. Unlike the Full-time students or the Audit students, they will not have access to the Populi site, but will still have "live access" to all of the lectures and will be sent the PowerPoints and PDFs to download. To underline the distinctions, while all of the students in all 3 categories will have access to all of the lectures and to all of the PowerPoints and PDFs for the entire course, the full-time Academic as well as the Audit students will also have admission to the Populi site to participate in the ongoing weekly discussions, and will have access to the reading lists and assignments, though the full-time students will only be required to fulfill them. If you are interested in any of these 3 levels, simply e-mail the registrar 'Noelle' or 'Peter' at: info@ves.edu But you need to hurry, as the first lecture begins on Monday, October 24th, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US). Just e-mail: info@ves.edu and tell them 'Jay sent you' Lecture Topics: Part 1: Introduction to Muhammad (DJ and JS) October 24 Part 2: The classical Account of Muhammad’s life (570 AD – 632 AD) (DJ) October 31 Part 3: Muhammad and the People of the Book (DJ) November 7 Part 4: A Christian Assessment of Muhammad (DJ) November 14 Part 5: The Relevancy of Muhammad (JS) November 21 Part 6: Looking for Muhammad in the Bible (Surahs 7:157 & 61:6) (DJ) November 28 Part 7: Modern Controversies surrounding Muhammad (JS) December 5 Part 8: A comparison of Jesus vs Muhammad (JS) December 12 We're looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Monday, October the 24th, but you need to register first at: info@ves.edu © Pfander Centre for Apologetics - US, 2022 (68,530) Music: "Fare Office, the Tribute" by Michael Hellman, from filmmusic-io