Balanced Spirituality Flashcards
Who is the author of balanced spirituality
Donal Dorr
Which passage does the author use to show God’s demands?
Micah 6:8
What does the passage say?
This is what Yahweh asks of you, only this
That you act justly
That you love tenderly
That you walk humbly with your God.
According to the author, SPIRITUALITY is not just a set of _______, but _____________.
a. theological theories or ideas
b. outlook and attitude
Spirituality is an _____________ which may become _____ if we are ________________, which becomes convincing because it represents ________________.
a. implicit theology
b. explicit
c. reflexive and articulate
d. truth that is lived
What are the demands in order to demonstrate a truth lived?
walk humbly with your God
love tendery
act justly
Which demand calls for a personal relationship with God?
Walk humbly with your God
What kind of conversion does walking humbly with god entail?
religious conversion
religious conversion is the transformation of ______ to ______
abstract theology
living experience
how are we able to achive religious conversion?
living in a sense of providence
How do we live in a sense of providence?
having the awareness of the love and care of God
Living in a sense of providence begins with____-
awareness of God’s care for me . You can also see that he cares for your friends
How do you obtain the awareness that God cares for you?
- peace and tranquility
- nourished by prayer
- sense of forgiveness
- walk in the lordship of jesus christ
- experience a sense of forgiveness
what does dorr say about forgiveness?
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.
what is central to religious conversion?
sense of providence
What kind of faith experience does Karl Rahner describe?
winter experience of faith
Describe the winter experience of faith
snse of god’s care seldom reaches the degree of explicitness.
they speak of God’s plan with many reservations and hesitations
another issue of the explicitnss of christian providence–mr. fixit (explain)
enthusiastic christians speak of god as though he were constantly at their disposal
What does it mean to “walk in the lordship of jesus christ”?
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
Which demand calls for an INTERPERSONAL RELATINOSHIP ?
TO LOVE TENDERLY
What conversion does loving tenderly entail?
moral conversion
What gift does the person who is morally converted possess?
gift of OTHER CENTEREDNESS
- accepting the risk of getting hurt in being open
- genuinely interested in other people
Deep listening will allow us to what?
Give our full free attention
The gift of other centeredness asks us to: (2)
- respect the dignity of the other person
2. have fidelity
In respecting the dignity of the other person, we become (2)
- willing to listen
2. willing to trust in others
this is not merely the power of reaching out, bt the power to stay with the person
fidelity
the demand to act justly entails what kind of conversion?
political conversion
acting justly is working towards ____justice instead of _____justice
a. social
b. commutative
working for social justice means that we are struggling against the _____
bias in our society
to struggle to bring justice into society means making ____
an option for the poor
it is the belief that people will be rewarded in heaven if they patiently endure injustice in this life…
ESCAPIST
people were encouraged not to challange social injustive
it suggests that those who are “holy” or “spiritual” are not deeply involved in earthly affairs, and especially not in politi9cal matters
DUALIST
what is the 3rd aspect that discourages us form a POFT?
total belief in god’s will and everything is god given
How does on change the outlook of not looking at the POFT
conversion.. change of heart
How do we have a radical change of heart and politically converted?
- understand how society works
2. need a commitment to correct injustices
What is the test of a genuine conversion?
extent to which we are working to protect the poor and the marginalized
what does it mean for God to be just?
to safegurad and respect the rights of the poor, the oppressed, and the vulnerable
we cannot be WITH poor people in real solidarity unless we are.. (2)
- morally converted— able to relate to them on a person to person basis
- religiously converted– convinced of god’s saving presence and power
a proper balance and integration of all three kinds of conversions is the bassis for a truly christian spirituality.
true
what happens when we are not religiously converted?
we allow false gods to rule our lives
what happens when moral conversion is absent?
we remain distrustful and closed to others
what happens when we are not converted in the political sphere?
we will assume that religion is just a private or interpersonal affair and will condone with the injustices of society
