# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S560
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560 ; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

evolution from the point of view of a Lutheran Christian Scientist
who is particularly at home in the biological area. The project will
deal with the following items: (1) the relation of science and Scrip.
ture to the problem of absolute truth, (2) the tools of Science
(3) science as a gift of God, (4) theories of evolution, (5) what the
Scriptures say about the various problems of evolution, (6) the
relation of the age of the earth to the problem of evolution, (7) eyj_
dences for evolution from classification, from embryology, from
fossils, from geographical distribution, (8) suggested mechanisms
for evolution, and (9) problems for the evolutionist.

As of February 1, 1953, Dr. Klotz informed us that the firg
draft of the manuscript had been completed. A careful reworking
will be necessary and a rechecking of the references. He hopes
to have the manuscript ready by January 1, 1954. The C.T.O. Re.
search Committee approved an expenditure of $1,500 for the pro-
duction of this manuscript.

4. Writers’ Workshop for Curriculum Units in Religion. — This
was a follow-up on the Workshop in Religious Education, also
financed by an appropriation from the C.T.O. research funds. In
the first workshop the basis was laid for a complete revision of
the religion program in the intermediate and upper grades of Lu-
theran elementary schools. Three experimental units were pre-
pared and taught in about thirty schools. The Writers’ Workshop
involved planning an overall program for the production of sixty
teaching units. This involved the listing of objectives, the lining
up of source materials, and the assigning of memory work for each
unit. This was done by Mr. William A. Kramer. The workshop
was held for the purpose of training about twenty-five unit writers
who will assist the Board for Parish Education in working out
the sixty units in detail so that only the editing of the material
would remain for the Board for Parish Education.

The workshop was held at Concordia. Seminary, St. Louis. The
expenditure defrayed the traveling expenses of the participants and
the cost of conducting the workshop.

5. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Prophet
Nahum. — This project concerns a subsidy for the book prepared
by Dr. Walter A. Maier, who for approximately fifteen years before
his death worked on a critical and exegetical commentary on the
Prophet Nahum. The cost of publication of this book will be ex-
traordinarily high because of the complexity of typesetting. Sub-
stantial amounts of Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and other languages
appear in the commentary. Our committee subsidized this project
with the sum of $2,000. ,