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From Topic to Thesis: A Guide to Theological Research is unavailable, but you can change that!

While courses in Bible and theology typically require research papers, particularly at the graduate level, very few include training in research. Professors have two options: use valuable class time to teach students as much as they can, or lower their standards with the understanding that students cannot be expected to complete tasks for which they have never been prepared. From Topic to Thesis:...

research is to get you to the point of having something to argue. If you choose your argument in advance, you will either ignore the research that pushes against your conclusion or you will run the risk of getting to the day before your paper is due and realizing that you do not have a valid argument. This does not mean that you cannot have a specific idea that you want to consider—it simply means you cannot determine the outcome of your research in advance. The second key is that research takes
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