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Undergraduate 1
05/10/2011

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soteriology
Definition
study of salvation, what jesus role is in salvation
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christology
Definition
study of christos (greek); & messiah (hebrew) meaning anoited one
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High Christology
Definition
emphasizes divinity of jesus
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Low Christology
Definition
emphasizes humanity of Jesus
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Early Jesus
Definition
Don't have many facts about when/where he was born
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Historical Jesus
Definition
How we remember Jesus
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Christ of Faith
Definition
Who is and was Jesus (for Christians - he continues to live)
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Difficult to know what Earthly Jesus said and did?
Definition
Sources we have don't attempt to be unattached, but written many decades after Jesus lived and wrote in light of resurrection
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How many books are in New Testament?
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27
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Which book is the earliest of  NT?
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Paul's Letter to the Thessalonians
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Which Gospel is believed to be the earliest?
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Mark's Gospel
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Synoptic Problem
Definition
how can we explain the similarities and differences among Mark, Matthew, Luke & John's Gospels
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Eschatology
Definition
Study of the end time
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Apocalyptic
Definition
End of time, what we see it to be
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Messiah
Definition
Hebrew word, meaning anoited one
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Sadducees
Definition
priests & elders, closely connected with temple and only believe in Torah, rejecting life after death
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Pharisees
Definition
Jesus most closely connected with, Judeism traces back here
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Essences
Definition
Not mentioned in the New Testament, but known from archeology. Lived secluded life, Sons of Light, apocalyptic and had ritual washings
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Zealots
Definition
Believed in military and political overthrow of Romans, violence & daggerholders
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Parable
Definition
Story with a deeper moral message
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Kingdom of God/Reign of Heaven
Definition
God breaking history in a new way
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Son of Man
Definition
Jesus never accepts himself as the Messiah
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Table fellowship
Definition
Jesus ate with the 'unclean'
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healer

 

Definition
Jesus has more healer stories than any other
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ecclesiology
Definition
study of the church
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sacrament
Definition
physical sign of divine reality, and an instrument of explicitly making God present
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stigmata
Definition
marks of crusification
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Difficulty to say what happened at ressurection
Definition
no eye witnesses
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Jesus body?
Definition
hybrid, not a ghost - ate with disciples, not a corpse - could walk through walls
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empty tomb
Definition
women were there to see empty tomb but women had been devalued with opinions and it was embarrassing to believe them
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appearances of Jesus
Definition
contradictions where they occur, not self evident that it was Jesus - required a 2nd look
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Marks Theological Portrait of Jesus
Definition
Mark wrote for the community undergoing suffering. Theme of gospel was to portray Jesus suffering.
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Key issues for one's theology given crusification?
Definition
Did Jesus have to die on the cross? If it was necessary - then for whom? Himself or the community? Humans needed to see his love for world?
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Exclusive Position
Definition
God IS Jesus, need to say explicitly through Church
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Constitutive
Definition
Does not have to be explicit, those who are trying to live a good life as well
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Normative
Definition
Shows us way to live, measure other religions as well as maintaining uniqueness of Jesus
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One of Many Mediators
Definition
Many saviors (ex: Gandhi, MLK) God's Saving Grace
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Human Paradigm
Definition
Jesus represents God *normative mediator
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Parable of God
Definition
Jesus is the story of God *normative
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Dialectical work
Definition
Jesus is the judgment of God, the critical voice *liberation theologians
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essential christology
Definition
when we say Jesus is God, we claim an identity and a real symbol
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Exclusived
Definition
Only those who explicitly believe in Jesus
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Inclusive
Definition
Includes others outside of church
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Vatican II
Definition
1962-65 St Peters, John gathered to ask involvement in political social and economic life
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Medellin
Definition
Latin American bishops, church involved in politics caused turmoil
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Gutierrez
Definition
Liberation theologian, 1971 - believed we should focus on poor and marginal
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puebla
Definition
1979 - asked how poor would be affected by said policy
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systematic evil
Definition
unnoticed, built in the system
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orthodoxy
Definition
correctly teaching
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orthopraxis base
Definition
correct living, emphasis on liberation theology
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Liberation Theology
Definition
starting point was concrete - a social or political issue that conversed with the non-person, those treated less human. It used tools such as sociology, economics, and systematic evil within institute. It analyzed conflict, with its mode active and challenging world and engagement
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Traditional Theology
Definition
Started at an abstract idea to the non-believer. Used classist tools and analyzed harmony and power, but said we come to know something passively and went to justify the way things are
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criticisms of liberation theology
Definition
reduces faith to politics, uncritical use of marx, creates a separate church, encourages violence, faulty analysis of economics
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sexism
Definition
one sex is seen as superior
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androcentric
Definition
language thinking gives privelege to males
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anthropocentric
Definition
human centered, all humanity priveleged
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patriarchal
Definition
how society is structured giving advantage to males
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gender essentialism
Definition
how much is gender a social issue
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womanist
Definition
form of a feminist, taking account race & gender
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dominus jesus
Definition
vatican document, raises concerns about role of other religions
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asian bishops
Definition
formative in interreligious dialogue
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fundamentalist 
Definition
our religion has the truth, others are wrong
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dialogic
Definition
we need to work at fostering geniune conversation among other religions 
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relativist
Definition
there is not one true religion, one can be just as good as other
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assisi
Definition
1986 pope paul 11 met here with other major religious leaders of world
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comparative theology
Definition
carry on dialogue with others, interested in others to enhance own beliefs
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apophatic
Definition
emphasizes that we can not really know who God is
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Use of Amen
Definition
claiming authority to himself, but credibility was weak because Jesus did not have a person he studied under
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