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Exam 4
Final Exam things to know
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
05/06/2015

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Modernity
Definition
Omnicompetence of reason and scientific method
Uniformity of nature rather than supernatural control and interventions
Optimism of human progress through education, reason and science
Term
19th Century social, political, and scientific developments
Definition
Capitalism/socialism, industrial revolution/slavery, darwinism
Term
Evangelicals
Definition
Influenced by revivalism
Term
Individual faith
Definition
Necessity of salvation through faith and personal conversion
Holy life through Holy Spirit (mediated by prayer and Bible study)
Term
Public faith
Definition
Abolitionist movement
Prohibition movement
Prison and labor reforms
Establishment of missionary societies and Bible societies
Term
Liberalism
Definition
Accommodation to modernity; sought to translate the message of Christianity to a way in which modernity could accept
Term
Who is the father of Protestant liberalism
Definition
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Term
What is the essence of religion (Schleiermacher)?
Definition
Not in reason or moral law but in the feeling/intuition of being utterly dependent on something infinite (God consciousness)
Term
Christology of Schleiermacher
Definition
Christ is divine in the sense that he experienced this God consciousness in a complete and powerful way, which he communicated to his disciples and the church
Term
Scripture (Schleiermacher)
Definition
Record of this religious experience of absolute dependence
Term
Theology (Schleiermacher)
Definition
Talk about God is always talk about human experience of God
Term
Adolf von Harnack
Definition
What is Christianity?
Term
What is Christianity?
Definition
Based on what Jesus taught
Term
Kingdom of God
Definition
The rule of God in each believer's heart
Term
Centrality of love
Definition
Jesus taught the higher righteousness of love
Term
God the Father and brotherhood of humanity
Definition
The infinite value of the human soul
Term
Take away all the...
Definition
"supernatural stuff" of the Gospels left with these truths
Term
Walter Rauschenbusch
Definition
Social Gospel
Term
Theology not about dogma, but...
Definition
Social ethics
Term
Sin in...
Definition
Social structures
Term
Salvation in terms of ______, the Kingdom of God as________
Definition
Social salvation, social reality
Term
Liberal Theology summarized:
Definition
Immanence of God
Moralization of dogma
Universal salvation of humanity
Term
Liberal theology dealt a blow by...
Definition
20th century
Term
Catholic reaction to modernity
Definition
Fortress/bunker; rejection
Term
Ultramontanism
Definition
Rome alone as the right to determine matters of doctrine, morals, and culture
Term
Pope Pius IX's syllabus of errors
Definition
80 propositions that Catholics must reject
Term
First Vatican
Definition
Infallibility of pope (ex cathedra)
Term
Fundamentalism
Definition
Rejection of modernity and liberalism
Term
Five fundamentals
Definition
Inerrancy of scripture
Deity of Christ
Virgin birth of Christ
Literal bodily resurrection and second coming of Christ
Penal substitutionary atonement
Term
Attitude/mindset of fundamentalism
Definition
Militant and separatist
Term
Pentecostalism originated with
Definition
Azuza Street Revival
Term
Pentecostalism led by
Definition
African American preacher William Seymour
Term
Primary characteristic of Pentecostalism
Definition
Second baptism of the Holy Ghost
Term
Manifestations of the Holy Ghost (Anointings)
Definition
Speaking in tongues
Healing
Snake handling
Holy dancing
Holy howling
Holy laughter
Dynamic preaching
Inter-racial
Term
Denominational heritage of Pentecostalism
Definition
Assemblies of God
Church of God
Term
Charismatic movement
Definition
1960s-present; across denominational lines
Term
Neo-Orthodoxy
Definition
Against liberalism
Term
Karl Barth
Definition
Protestant (neo-orthodoxy)
Term
Neo-Orthodoxy was a reaction against
Definition
Liberalism and nationalism
Term
Characteristics of Neo-Orthodoxy
Definition
The "other-ness" of God-God must reveal God's self
Critique of marriage between culture/nationalism and church
Term
The confessing church
Definition
The Barmen Declaration; Dietrick Bonheoffer
Term
Ecumenism
Definition
Started as a Protestant movement seeking unity of all Christians above theology, ritual, and policy
Term
What did Ecumenism originate with?
Definition
Edinburgh Missionary in 1910
Term
Other movements that paved the way for Ecumenism
Definition
Revivalism of 18th and 19th centuries
Missionary enterprise of the 19th century
Existence and support of Bible societies
Student Christian Movement
Term
Second Vatican Council
Definition
Relation to Modernity?
Engagement--World church, medicine of mercy

Ministry of encouragement and hope to a hurt and lost modern world
Term
Who called Vatican II?
Definition
Pope John XXIII
Term
Decisions of Vatican II
Definition
-Ecumenical spirit-recognition of other Christians as brothers in Christ; in relation to other religions
-Mass in the language of the people
-More involvement by the laity
-Renewed attention to plight of the poor
-Affirmation of the supremacy of scripture in its teaching and authority
Term
Absolutist/Exclusivist Approach
Definition
Other religions are completely false and devoid of any value or redemption. Christianity is the one and only truth
Term
Scripture for Absolutist approach
Definition
John 14:6
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Common Denominator/Universalist Approach
Definition
At their basics, all religions share common principles and beliefs concerning God (omnipotent and omniscient) and/or ethics (love and justice)
Term
Superior/Inclusivist Approach
Definition
Other religions contain some truth or provide a partial witness to truth, and so they can be appreciated and their value recognized; but Christianity possesses the full or complete revelation of truth. All truth is fully realized in Christianity
Term
Person and scripture that goes with Superior/Inclusivist approach
Definition
Karl Rahner's "Anonymous Christian"

Romans 2:14-16
Term
Faithful Witness/Dialogue Approach
Definition
In both word and deed, Christians faithfully live out the ways of Christ, giving witness to the transformative faith of Christ. Christians do not judge (God's responsibility) their "neighbors" (persons of other religions); they live out their faith in relation to their neighbor
Term
Background of Latin/South American Liberation Theology
Definition
Second Conference of Latin American Bishops
Influenced by Marxist social-economic analysis
Some violent revolutionary support, some pacifist
Term
Latin/South American Liberation Theology God
Definition
God takes sides, God is decidedly on the side of the poor, oppressed, and those who suffer
Term
Latin/South American Liberation Theology Sin
Definition
Oppression from unjust government, society, and/or economic system
Term
Latin/South American Liberation Theology Salvation
Definition
Liberation from oppression
Term
Latin/South American Liberation Theology Ecclesiology
Definition
Church as God's people must side with and actively work on behalf of the oppressed
Term
Background of Black Theology
Definition
Seed-bed in Civil Rights movement (1960s)
Marting Luther King Jr
James Cone, A Black Theology of Liberation (1970)
Term
Black Theology God
Definition
God is Black
Term
Black Theology Sin
Definition
Racism
Term
Black Theology Salvation
Definition
Liberation from racism for both blacks and whites
Term
Black Theology Ecclesiology
Definition
We must become black with God
Term
Feminist Theology Background
Definition
Forerunner-Elizabeth Cady Stanton; suffrage movement
Post-Vatican II female, catholic scholars
Womanist theology-perspective of Black women
Term
Feminist Theology God
Definition
God is female; or emphasizes the feminine God
Term
Feminist Theology Sin
Definition
Patriarchy
Term
Feminist Theology Salvation
Definition
Liberation from patriarchy, full humanity of women
Term
Feminist Theology Ecclesiology
Definition
Discipleship of equals; "church in the round"
Term
Characteristics of Liberation Theology
Definition
Contextual (not universal)-theology must be contextualized anew in each and every social-cultural situations
Experience-oppression
Orthopraxis-theology is concrete, committed reflection on praxis in light of God's Word
Recognizes the Power of Language
Term
Western Europe and North America
Definition
Steady, declining
Term
Russia
Definition
Increasing
Term
South Korea
Definition
Increasing
Term
China
Definition
Increasing
Term
Latin and South America
Definition
Increasing
Term
India
Definition
Increasing
Term
Africa
Definition
Increasing
Term
Southern Hemisphere
Definition
A "Third Church"
Term
Southern Hemisphere-Morally...
Definition
Conservative
Term
Geo-political dimension (Southern Hemisphere)
Definition
Decline nation-state autonomy, religion will fill vacuum
Extremist/militant

Lumpa Church
Lord's Resistance Army
Holy Spirit Mobile Force
Term
How did Christianity spread so quickly?
Definition
Existential conviction that God had acted in Christ
Expression of love and compassion, both within and without
Martyrdom
Offering of personal fulfillment; relation with the sacred
Pax Romana
Term
Constantinian Christianity
Definition
Arian Missions-not connected with Roman Empire
Nestorian Christianity in the East
Frankish King, Clovis
Pope Gregory the Great
Term
Catholic Missions (16th and 17th century)
Definition
Policy of adaptation or conquest?
Term
Conquest
Definition
The Americas
Term
Who was the exception to American conquest?
Definition
Bartholomew de las Casas
Term
Adaptation
Definition
India and Japan-Francis Xavier
China-Matthew Ricci
Term
Modern Missionary Movement
Definition
Protestant
Term
Father of Modern Missionary Movement
Definition
William Carey
Term
Two emphases/impetuses of modern missions
Definition
Evangelical and revival tradition
Eschatological-worldwide proclamation of the Gospel would prepare/initiate Christ's coming and reign on earth
Term
Characteristics of Modern missions
Definition
Mission societies and sending agencies
Involved lay people, particularly women
Term
Missionary woman in China
Definition
Lottie Moon
Term
Pacifism in early Christianity
Definition
Clement of Alexandria
Tertullian
Justin Martyr
Origen of Alexandria
Term
Constantinian Christianity: Just War Theory
Definition
Just Cause
Competent Authority
Right Intention
Term
Key figures of Just War
Definition
Ambrose, Augustine, and Aquinas
Term
Jus ad bellum
Definition
Justice of war
Term
Jus in bello
Definition
Justice in war
Term
Jus post bellum
Definition
Justice after war
Term
Just Cause
Definition
War is permissible only to confront a real and certain danger (protect innocent life)
Term
Competent authority
Definition
War must be declared by those with responsibility for public order, not by private groups or individuals
Term
Right intention
Definition
War can be legitimately intended only for the reasons set forth as a just cause, to right a wrong
Term
Last Resort
Definition
For war to be justified, all peaceful alternatives must have been exhausted
Term
Probability of success
Definition
There must be a reasonable probability of success to justify otherwise "just" acts of war
Term
Proportionality
Definition
The destruction to be inflicted and the costs incurred by war must be proportionate to the good expected by taking up arms
Term
Modern Development (war)
Definition
Just Peacemaking
Term
Just Peacemaking
Definition
Encourages and identifies concrete initiatives that decrease threat and distrust so that war can be prevented
Term
Just peacemaking characteristics
Definition
Support nonviolent direct action
Advance democracy, human rights, and religious liberty
Foster just and sustainable economic development
Work with emerging cooperative forces in the international system
Reduce offensive weapons and weapons trade
Acknowledge responsibility for conflict and injustice and seek repentance and forgiveness
Term
Conflict Model
Definition
Science and religion are in fundamental opposition; in irreconcilable conflict
Term
Examples of conflict model
Definition
Scientific materialism
Biblical literalism
Term
Independence model (NOMA)
Definition
Science and religion ask different kinds of questions, have different languages, operate within separate compartments
Term
Fusion Model
Definition
Either blurs the distinction between scientific and religious types of knowledge, or attempts to utilize science in order to construct religious systems of thought or vice versa
Term
What is the opposite of the Independence model?
Definition
Fusion model
Term
Fusion model examples
Definition
Creationism, intelligent design
Term
Complementary model
Definition
Science and religion address the same reality from different perspectives; each is needed to account for all reality
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