THEO 650
RESEARCH PAPER ABSTRACT, OUTLINE, AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
For this assignment you will turn in the outline for your paper (a version of it will become your
Table of Contents in the final paper, with dot leaders and page numbers).$Your outline should be
specific enough to guide you in your research and to show the reader how the paper will be
structured.$ It needs more detail than points that$read merely "Biblical Foundations" "Arguments
in Favor" "Arguments Against" etc.$ (Such an outline indicates that you have not been reading
and researching your topic--you don't want to leave that impressions).
INSTRUCTIONS
The Abstract should be typed in Times New Roman, 12 point font, and double spaced.$ (It need
not have footnotes--and shouldn't.) It should be a summary of the paper.$ Here is an example of
an abstract for a paper on another topic (not ethics):
“This paper will begin with a survey of the historical background of Rastafarianism, in African
and Traditional Caribbean Religions.$ It will then set this religion within it context, focusing
particularly on the influence of colonial domination on the development of Rastafarian belief.$
The paper will end with a critical evaluation of key Rastafarian doctrines from a biblical
perspective.”
Finally, you will include the full bibliography. By week six you should have found most, if not
all, of the sources you intend to use in your paper.$ List these in a properly formatted (Turabian
style) bibliography.$$ (If, in fact you end up using a couple of other sources, as you complete the
paper, it is alright to add those sources to the bibliography when you produce the final paper in
week eight.).
All of this should be in a single document, in Times New Roman 12 point font.
