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what is liberation theology

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an attempt to liberate people at all levels of their life (spiritually, socially, from oppressive gov, politically, economically, etc)

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what is liberation theology concerned with?

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the fundamental structures that promote injustic, and getting at those structures

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define orthodox

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traditional view of christianity

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define orthopraxy, or praxis

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action

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how does orthopraxy relate to liberation theology

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liberation theology is concerned with what you do, not what you believe

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what is CELAM

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acronym for meeting of all Catholic bishops in Latin America in Medellin; was concerned for poor and marginalized after Vatican II

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Gustavo Gutierrez

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wrote Theology of Liberation, from Peru, born 1938. now a teacher in US, says that theology is the 2nd step, its a reflection upon actions of service

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what is task of conscientization? give example

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raising awareness; Ex: bus strike with Rosa Park, MLK

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what is systemic and institutional evil and injustice? give ex.

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an evil that reaches the level of an institution. once the evil system is institutionalized, it becomes difficult to get rid of. ex: sexual assualt with priests, draft for vietnam war

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what often accompanies liberation theology

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violence

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who was Helder Camara

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archbishop in Brazil who wrote Spiral of Violence who argues that violence begets more violence. its an upward spiral. injustice, revolt, and suppression all lead to one another

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who does God have preferential option for?

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the poor (God cares for the widows, orphans, and strangers in your midst”. thus we out to have a bias for the poor

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what is the prophetic proposition of the poor

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the poor can tell the truth in a way that the wealthy cant bc the poor have nothing to lose. can tell us what we need to hear. we can learn from the poor.

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base comunity

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small group of christians who read the bible can are concerned with how they can apply the bible to real life situations and conditions they face

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hermeneutical suspicion

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if i read the bible and it confirms all of my beliefs, I should be suspicious that i may not be listening to its radical message, for its not calling into question my beliefs or challenging me

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women’s liberation

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a liberation movement directing its efforts towards achieving equality for women in modern socitty, esp through the removal of obstacles, including beleifs, values and attitudes that hinder that process

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womanist theology

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refers to black women’s theology

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themes of feminist theology

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maleness of God;
Nature of sin (is male in orinetation - pride, ambition, etc);;
maleness of christ

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relativism

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idea of post-modernism that truth is relative to one’s culture and point of view

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apologetics

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in defense of something

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empirical evidence

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christians believe there is archeological evidence that can be found to prove that Bible to be true. this is not a good arguement for christianity b/c ppl wouldnt convert bc of this

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comparative religions

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phrase used in 1st half of 20th centuray to describe a common college course. back then old religion courses were only from Christianity perspective and Christianity always came out as superior relgion.

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claims of personal experience

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arguement for Christianity of experience. problem with this is that you can’t argue with these experiences, but ppl in other religion have similar experiences in their religion

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exclusivism/particularism

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belief that the only possible way to encounter God and receive salvation is to have EXPLICIT faith in Jesus. a more typical position of Evangelicals and fundamentals

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counterargument to exclusivism

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only 31% of world is Christians, thus saying that 70% of world can’t be saved

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pluralism

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more liberal perspective among Christians that denies the finalist of Christa as God’s only way to salvation and views other religions as equal paths to God

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Copernican Revolution (Hick’s view)`

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center of religion is God, not Christianity. all religions are equal paths to God, christianity is not the center.

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counterargument to pluralism and Hick’s view

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hard to say that all religions are equal when most are not even saying the same thing about God. how can they be equal if htey envision God and salvation differently

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inclusivism

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idea by Justin Martyr, it is possible to be saved without explicit knowledge of Jesus Christ

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logos spermatikos

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the see of the word is everwhere

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Karl Rahner

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most important theologian of 20th century, believed in Anonymous Christians

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Anonymous Christians

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belief by Karl Rahner that Christianity is the top religion, and that while other religions have errors, they do have elements of truth. thus, all of these religions have Grace of God and are Anonymous Christians. Christ is doing the saving through other religions

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what is the importance of dialogue

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dialogue involves listening with love, and being open to, while not necessarily agreeing with, another’s viewpoint. sharing of values

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numinous

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an experience of God that is both attractive and fearful, like a horror movie

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story

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synonym for narrative or myth

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myth

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something that is not true; used a lot in religious studies to talk about a story

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symbol

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word or image that implies something more than its obvious meaning

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rituals

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represent the story; ex: eucharist represents last supper

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doctrine

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statement of faith

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scientific knowledge

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involves theories and is backed up with empirical data

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what is a difference between the bible and science

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science deals with cause and effect, observable data; religion deals with moral obligations

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phenomenal depiction

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is the way science is depicted in the bible; science in bible is based on observing rather than empirical data

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Freud

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believed that science inflicted 3 wounds on humanity

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what are the 3 wounds defined by freud?

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cosmological wound
anthropological wound
psychological wound

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cosmological wound

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the universe; associated with Copernicus and Galileo

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anthropological wound

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living organisms and Darwin. a scientific explanation for humans

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psychological wound

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associated with Freud, wound in that Freud explained human “soul” that church says was created by God

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institute for Creation research

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committed to beleif that Eartch is about 6-10 thousand years old

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Bishop James Usher

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bishop in anglican church in 17th century that went back to geneis and added up the years and says that creation occurred Oct 12-18, 4004 BC, meaning that earth is about 6000 years old

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NOMA (Non-Overlapping Magisterium)

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believes that science and religion do not overlap, that they ask different questions. the problem is that most ppl want to integrate both science and religion into their lives. so NOMA works with scientific studies, but not with everyday life.

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ex nihilo

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out of nothing; phrase used to describe Christian and Jewish view of creation that in the beginning there was only God and he created matter out of nothing

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scholastic models of inspiration

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emphasizes more literal reading of the bible. approaches the Bible more rationally, like a scientific document

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Fiat Creationism

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instantaneous creation. a model that sees God as creating everything in 6 literal 24 hour days, and that everything was created as it is now

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Intelligent Design (ID)

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idea thats been around for about a decade that some elements in biology are so complex that they require a direct creation and cant be explained by exolution. idea is that God it intervened at certain points in evolutionary process to spontaneously create something specific.

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Deus ex machina

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a God out of a machine. refers to smuggling in God to explain something that otherwise might not be as clearly explicable from scientific viewpoint

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dynamic models of inspiration

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a broader interpretation that is focused on general truths and principles. doesnt treat bible as literally. Augustine says that 6 days of creation are actually long periods of time

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religious/poetic (historical symbols)

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looks at Bible like literature. focuses on larger questions rather than details. sees parallelism in days.

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Post-modernism

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after modern world/world of enlightenment. refers to a second naievite, meaning that we know about modern world and are entering into a stage that tries to recapture some of elements of pre-modern world that were lost in modernism

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aggiornamento

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updating

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Pope John XXIII

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called 21st Ecumenical council (vatican II) in 1958 to update church. first modern council

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Pope Paul VI

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took John XXIII’s place 1 year into Vatican II

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ecumenism

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attempt to bring all Christians together in unity

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HIERARCHY OF TRUTHS

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SOME TRUTHS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS; not all truths are equal.
Ex: immaculate conception of Mary is a higher truth than bowing before taking communion.

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false irenicism

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Falsely teaching/sharing about a religion in order to get along with another. Would be false peace

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Justin Martyr

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Promotes inclusivism. Says that “those who lived according to the Logos are therefore Christians, even though they were regarded as atheists”
And that it is possible to be saved without explicit knowledge of Jesus Christ.

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