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Balanced Spirituality Flashcards

1
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Who is the author of balanced spirituality

A

Donal Dorr

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Which passage does the author use to show God’s demands?

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Micah 6:8

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What does the passage say?

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This is what Yahweh asks of you, only this
That you act justly
That you love tenderly
That you walk humbly with your God.

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According to the author, SPIRITUALITY is not just a set of _______, but _____________.

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a. theological theories or ideas

b. outlook and attitude

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Spirituality is an _____________ which may become _____ if we are ________________, which becomes convincing because it represents ________________.

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a. implicit theology
b. explicit
c. reflexive and articulate
d. truth that is lived

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What are the demands in order to demonstrate a truth lived?

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walk humbly with your God
love tendery
act justly

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7
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Which demand calls for a personal relationship with God?

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Walk humbly with your God

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What kind of conversion does walking humbly with god entail?

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religious conversion

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religious conversion is the transformation of ______ to ______

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abstract theology

living experience

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10
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how are we able to achive religious conversion?

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living in a sense of providence

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How do we live in a sense of providence?

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having the awareness of the love and care of God

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Living in a sense of providence begins with____-

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awareness of God’s care for me . You can also see that he cares for your friends

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How do you obtain the awareness that God cares for you?

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  1. peace and tranquility
  2. nourished by prayer
  3. sense of forgiveness
  4. walk in the lordship of jesus christ
  5. experience a sense of forgiveness
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14
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what does dorr say about forgiveness?

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not merely pardon for past sin, bu the awareness of being loved and aceepted in spite of and even in a sense because of my weaknesses, my faithlessness, my lack of single-mindedness, my inability to respond as i would wish.

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15
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what is central to religious conversion?

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sense of providence

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16
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What kind of faith experience does Karl Rahner describe?

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winter experience of faith

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17
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Describe the winter experience of faith

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snse of god’s care seldom reaches the degree of explicitness.

they speak of God’s plan with many reservations and hesitations

18
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another issue of the explicitnss of christian providence–mr. fixit (explain)

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enthusiastic christians speak of god as though he were constantly at their disposal

19
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What does it mean to “walk in the lordship of jesus christ”?

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allow jesus to be the criterion of my plans and actions

commitment to a transformation of the world in accordance witht the kingdowm values proclaimed by jesus

20
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Which demand calls for an INTERPERSONAL RELATINOSHIP ?

A

TO LOVE TENDERLY

21
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What conversion does loving tenderly entail?

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moral conversion

22
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What gift does the person who is morally converted possess?

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gift of OTHER CENTEREDNESS

  • accepting the risk of getting hurt in being open
  • genuinely interested in other people
23
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Deep listening will allow us to what?

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Give our full free attention

24
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The gift of other centeredness asks us to: (2)

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  1. respect the dignity of the other person

2. have fidelity

25
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In respecting the dignity of the other person, we become (2)

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  1. willing to listen

2. willing to trust in others

26
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this is not merely the power of reaching out, bt the power to stay with the person

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fidelity

27
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the demand to act justly entails what kind of conversion?

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political conversion

28
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acting justly is working towards ____justice instead of _____justice

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a. social

b. commutative

29
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working for social justice means that we are struggling against the _____

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bias in our society

30
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to struggle to bring justice into society means making ____

A

an option for the poor

31
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it is the belief that people will be rewarded in heaven if they patiently endure injustice in this life…

A

ESCAPIST

people were encouraged not to challange social injustive

32
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it suggests that those who are “holy” or “spiritual” are not deeply involved in earthly affairs, and especially not in politi9cal matters

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DUALIST

33
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what is the 3rd aspect that discourages us form a POFT?

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total belief in god’s will and everything is god given

34
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How does on change the outlook of not looking at the POFT

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conversion.. change of heart

35
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How do we have a radical change of heart and politically converted?

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  1. understand how society works

2. need a commitment to correct injustices

36
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What is the test of a genuine conversion?

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extent to which we are working to protect the poor and the marginalized

37
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what does it mean for God to be just?

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to safegurad and respect the rights of the poor, the oppressed, and the vulnerable

38
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we cannot be WITH poor people in real solidarity unless we are.. (2)

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  1. morally converted— able to relate to them on a person to person basis
  2. religiously converted– convinced of god’s saving presence and power
39
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a proper balance and integration of all three kinds of conversions is the bassis for a truly christian spirituality.

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true

40
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what happens when we are not religiously converted?

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we allow false gods to rule our lives

41
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what happens when moral conversion is absent?

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we remain distrustful and closed to others

42
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what happens when we are not converted in the political sphere?

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we will assume that religion is just a private or interpersonal affair and will condone with the injustices of society

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