For Eschatology Position Paper 3: Discuss the issue of personal eschatology—what happens to a person when he or she dies. Interacting with key biblical passages and differentiating your view with heterodox opinions about life after death.

Eschatology Position Paper

Eschatology Position Paper 3. Position Paper 3 (Final paper format should be in 1 page single-spaced nkt 2 page double-spaced. Thank you.) Each student will write three (3) one-page, single-spaced “position papers” addressing key issues in Eschatology. These brief papers will present the student’s answers to specific assigned questions based on course lectures or readings, defending answers with biblical, theological, and historical arguments and documenting the answers appropriately with footnotes. Topic For Position Paper 3: Discuss the issue of personal eschatology—what happens to a person when he or she dies. Interacting with key biblical passages and differentiating your view with heterodox opinions about life after death.

Eschatology Position Paper

How would you answer a Christian who says he or she doesn’t really know what will happen after physical death. Discuss the importance of bodily resurrection for this topic. Important Instructions on Position Paper Assignments Position Papers are not simply “journaling assignments” or “reflection papers.” They are to be well-thought-out, well-researched, well-written, and well-edited, as would be expected from graduate level work in theology. Please attend to the following important elements for quality position papers. 1. Introductions and Conclusions. This is simply standard graduate level practice.

Eschatology Position Paper

Each intro can have 1-2 sentences that state the topic and your argument in a thesis statement. A good thesis statement is very direct and succinct. Try writing a short intro with a thesis that states, “This paper will address the topic of _______ and will argue that _____.” Forgetting intros and conclusions will result in a loss of points. Your conclusion says nothing new but summarizes and restates your thesis statement. 2. Appropriate Use of Sources. There is probably no good reason to actually quote sources in these position papers. That is, do not quote sentences or paragraphs from your sources or from the Bible.

Eschatology Position Paper

You only have one page to make your case, so the majority of the page should be your own words and thoughts, summaries, arguments, and conclusions. They should not be packed with the words of others. You are expected to summarize and synthesize the content of sources, then cite the source of the information as a footnote. Scripture verses should be noted in parenthesis, e.g. (Gal 3:15). However, it is best to state how this passage supports what you are arguing. 3. Overuse of Sources. All written assignments will be analyzed by Turnitin, software that compares your work with published and internet sources, including other student papers from DTS and other institutions.

Eschatology Position Paper

It will determine quite accurately what percentage of the work is yours and what percentage is unoriginal. Quoting from sources will greatly increase the percentage of unoriginal work, which is unacceptable for position paper assignments (see #2 above). High Turnitin scores will result in grade reductions. If a Turnitin score is higher than 50% unoriginal material, the highest score that paper can get will be a 50, because only half of the paper expresses your own work. 4. Make a Claim and Make a Case. A good way to write these papers is to think of these papers as a dialogue/conversation with the person or material with which you are instructed to interact.

Eschatology Position Paper

You are interacting with the author or writing and making a case for or against it, or nuancing the position in some way. Tell us what they say in a sentence or two, then why you either support, reject, or would massage the positions. Then support your claim that with Scripture (do not write out passages—see #2 and #3 above!). Also, support your view with theological citations (eschatology or other systematic theology books) and historical sources (primary or secondary sources).  https://youtu.be/n22MRa0P6_I

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