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World Changers
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/13/2008

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What is a worldview?
Definition

a  set of presuppositions which we hold about the basic makeup of our world.

Term
Life's ultimate Question
Definition
  • Is God who he is because of who I am?

 

  • Am I who I am because of who God is
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Ontology
Definition
What is the nature of reality
Term
Naturalism view of ontology
Definition
Closed System
Term
Supernaturalism view of ontology
Definition
an open system
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Epistemology

Definition
What I know and how I know
Term

Epistemology

-Naturalist view

Definition

All answers must come from with-in the system

Reason

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Epistemology-Supernaturlism view
Definition

Answers can come from outside the system

Revelation

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Axiology
Definition

What has value

What is right

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Axiology Naturlism view
Definition

Materialism-No standards of right and wrong

 

Humanism-Humans establish their own standards

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Axiology-supernaturalist view
Definition

 

Theism-right and wrong established by God and revealed in scripture
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Teleology
Definition
Purpose and goal of history
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Teleology-naturalist view
Definition
modern pessimism
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Teleology-supernaturalist

Definition

God breaks into history

History will break out of the present reality into the "Kingdom of God"

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Supernaturalist views of ontology
Definition

Monotheism

Dualism

Polytheism

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Building your worldview
Definition
  1. Experiences
  2. Impressions
  3. Opinions
  4. Beliefs/convictions
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Soft Polytheism
Definition

Multiple gods

"soft polytheism"-(multiple god's with unique personalitys)

-often in conflict with one another

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Hard polytheism
Definition
  • "gods" and "godessess" are manifesttations of one god

 

  • all god's are one god, all goddesses are one Goddess and there is one intiator
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Dualism
Definition
  • world divided into two catagories

-good vs. bad

 

  • yin and yan represent the duality in nature and all things
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Monotheism
Definition

One God

  1. Christianity
  2. Islam (allah)
  3. Judaism (Jehovah)
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Creative tensions in the nature of God
Definition
  1. Changeless and yet he changes
  2. Transcendant and immanent -Keeps his distance yet comes close
  3. Holiness and Love -morally pure and commited to justice yet infinitely loving
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Narualism answers to ontology
Definition
  1. Atheism
  2. Secular Humanism
  3. Agnosticism
  4. Deism
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Atheism
Definition

no supernatural being

(ontology)

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Deism
Definition

Supernatural being created the universe then "corked the vase"

(ontology)

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Agnosticim
Definition

We don't know and we can't know

(ontology)

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Secular Humanism
Definition

God exists only as a projection of human imagination

(ontology)

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Man creates unconsciouslly creates god in his image after which god consciouslly creates man in his own image
Definition
Ludwig Feuerbach
Term

Naturlist Teleology view

Definition

modern pessimism

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Supernaturlist view -Teleology
Definition

God breaks into history

Hitory will break out of the present reality into the "kingdom of God"

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Eschatology
Definition
study of end of the world
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Biblical view of history
Definition

History is linear (genesis-exodus)

 

It has a beginning and end

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Tribulation
Definition
an intense time of turmoil in history, just before christ returns
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Rapture
Definition

sudden appearing of Christ to gather his followers

 

-living and dead

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Millennium
Definition
thousand year reign of christ on earth
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William Perry's stages of intellectual development
Definition
  1. commitment
  2. Relativity
  3. Multiplicty
  4. Duality
  5. Pre-critical thinking
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Pre-Critical thinking
Definition

child's view

-everthing centere on her/his frame of referecne

-other perspectives are rejected as "weird"

Simplicity

Term
Stage one- Duality
Definition

1. Everything seen in polar opposites

-true/false, right/wrong

2. Learning is accumulating facts and having right answers

3. Teachers are experts with the answers

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Stage 2-multiplicity
Definition

-individual accepts possiblity of more than one perspective...still maintain one view more correct than others

2. learning is processing ideas

3. teachers should present options fairly without bias

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Stage 3-Relativism

Definition

1. student accepts the relativity of truth, sees options as equally valid, dependion on one's assumptions

2. Learning is appreciating diversity

3. students are intelligent and should challenge a teachres's wisdom

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Stage 4- commitment
Definition

1. student commits to a clear position while acknowledging possiblity of other perspectives

2. learning is personal commitment, without finding absolute certainty

3. teachers serve as models of responsibility and co-learners (colleagues) with students

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Naturalism Vs. Supernaturalists
Definition

rules man-made vs. standards from scripture

each have own standards vs. fixed standards

Standars are flexible based on will of the people vs. violation of standards is sin, break from God

consequences for violations made by culture vs. sin can be forgiven by God

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Wholistically viewing sin
Definition

Sinfulness rather than particular sins

we are sinners, not people who happen to commit sins

"we sin every day in word, thought, and deed."

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Sin viewed Qualitatively
Definition

Sin is multi-faceted

different kinds of sin create different kinds of problems

different sin require different kinds of remedy

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Sin as Crime
Definition

Problem- defiance of God's will

Solution-pardon and forgiveness

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Sin as sickness

-orginal sin-

Definition

problem-natural inclination to stray

solution- cleansed heart and "new birth"

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Sin as Enslavement
Definition

Problem - bondage to forces beyone our control

Solution-freedom & power in christ

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sin as ignorance
Definition

problem-unintentional acts that are displeasing to God and harmful to others

Solution-God's mercy and new light from the spirit

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3 ages of history
Definition

1. Classical

2. modern

3. post-modern

Term

Classical

1. Authority

2. Worldview

3. Concern

4. Perspective

Definition

1. Authority-comes from the bible

2. worldview- "i can explain world view in reference to God (or gods)

3. Concern-orthodoxy

4. Perspective-Fatalistic "everything is out of my control."

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Modern

1. Authority

2.Worldview

3. Concern

4. Perspective

Definition

1. Authority-comes from reason and scientfic explanation

2. Worldview-scientific, "I can explain much of my world in referecne the laws of nature

3. Concern- liberalism, "We must be tolerant"

4. Perspective- optimisim "technolology will solve the problem."

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Postmodern

1. Authority

2. Worldview

3.concern

4. perspective

Definition

1. Authority-replaced with relativism

2. worldview-theological, "I can explain the world to others and my opinion matters

3. Concern- individualism, "live and let live."

4. Perspective- Fatalistic "look out for yourself"

Term
Postmodern world
Definition

Reality may not be real

False sense of community

False sense of involvement

False sense of truth

 

Term
Sources of Authority
Definition
  • Scripture
  • Reason
  • Tradition
  • Experience
Term
Friedrich Nietzsche
Definition

"what we view as 'knowledge' is a purely human creation

Postmodern

Term
Michel Foucault
Definition

Postmodern

every interpretation of reality, every assertion of knowledge is an assertion of power

 

"knowledge as power"

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Jacques Derrida
Definition

Postmodernism

Argued all that emerges in knowing process is the perspective of the interpreter

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Richard Rorty
Definition

Posmodernism

argued that we should give up the search for truth and be content with interpretation

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4 responses to postmodernism
Definition
  1. Demonize it
  2. Baptize it
  3. Ignore it
  4. Critically engae it
Term

Demonize it

Definition
seeing post-modernity as unbiblical and atheistic
Term
Baptize it
Definition
a way to be relevant to culture. Jesus Christ becomes "a way" among the many ways to God
Term
Ignore it
Definition
Hoping post-modernity will go away
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Critically engage it
Definition
Effectively communicate the gospel, the meta-narrative, to a post-modern culture
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Dogma
Definition
Non-netotiable beliefs and positions on varied theological issues
Term
Doctrine
Definition
Established position or body of principles held as the authoritative beliefs of a relifious organization or denomination
Term

Conviction

Definition
A strong belief or position held by an individual in relation to certain issues topics or practices
Term
Preference
Definition
something that brings an individual a sense of pleasure or well-being
Term
orthodoxy vs. orthopraxy
Definition
correct belief vs. correct practice
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Taxonomy
Definition
An orderly classification of a group of objects, terms, or concepts
Term
Taxonomy classification
Definition

6. evaluation

5. Synthesis

4. Analysis

3. Application

2. Comprehension

1. Recall

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Recall
Definition
Remeber previously learned information
Term
comprehension
Definition
ability to grasp meaning of material
Term
application
Definition
ability to use learned material in new and concrete situations
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Anaylysis
Definition
ability to break down material into its component parts so it's organizational structure can be understood
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Synthesis
Definition
ability to put parts together to form a new whole
Term

Evaluation

 

Definition
ability to judge the value of material for a definit criteria
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