Class 6

Question 1

Charles Finney

Answer 1

A leading evangelist of the Second Great Awakening, he preached that each person had capacity for spiritual rebirth and salvation and that through individual effort could be saved. His concept of “utility of benevolence” proposed the reformation of society as well as of individuals.

Question 2

William Carey

Answer 2

Often considered the “father of modern missions” Founded the Baptist Missionary Society and Serampore University in Calcutta.

Question 3

Missionary Societies

Answer 3

London Missionary Society (1795)
Church Mission Society (1799)
Methodist Missionary Society (1814)
Home Missions
Legacy of Missionary Movements

Question 4

Immanuel Kant

Answer 4

The greatest German philosopher of Enlightenment separated science and morality into separate branches of knowledge that could describe nature, it could not provide a guide for morality. Wrote Critique of Pure Reason.

Question 5

Friedrich Schleiermacher

Answer 5

Father of Theological Liberalism

Question 6

G.W.F. Hegel

Answer 6

German nationalist philosopher who developed the dialectical system which viewed history as a “Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis” process; believed the state was the embodiment of reason and liberty

Question 7

Biblical Criticism

Answer 7

The careful investigation of the origins and context of biblical writings and the intended message.