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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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What is theology?

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simply statements of the most fundamental beliefs that the christian has, beliefs about the nature of God,about his action, about us who are his creatures and what he has done to bring us into relationship with himself.

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What is integrated biblical understanding of major topics found in the Bible?

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theology

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pre-modern presuppositions

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a belief in divine revelation

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modernity presupposition

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confidence in the sientific method/rationality as arbiter of truth

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post-modernity presupposition

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dissolving confidence in the quest for “truth”

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post-post modernity presupposition

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disillusionment in the ability of human understanding

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theologian: one man band

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  1. awareness of his philosophical presuppositions
  2. integrates biblical understanding
  3. awareness of historical development
  4. ability to develop a theological model
  5. in conversation with various contemporary viewpoints
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What is anthropology?

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study of humans past and present

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9
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interpretations of humanity

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machine
animal
sexual being
economic being
pawn of the universe
free being
social being
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human as machines

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  1. people are valuable as long as they are useful in the production of goods or services
  2. revolution of robots vs human labor
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humans as a highly adaptive animal

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  1. no qualitative difference between humans and animals

2. behavioral psychology works off of this presupposition of human understanding

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humans as a sexual being

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  1. human behavior is derived from sexual motivation and energy
  2. much of today’s entertainment and advertisement culture is heavily influenced by this presupposition
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human as an economic being

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  1. humans are in a struggle to provide for themselves adequate food, clothing and housing
  2. humanity will progress from slavery, feudalism, capitalism, capitalism to communism
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humans as pawn of the universe

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  1. the universe is neither hostile or indifferent to the welfare and needs of humanity
  2. humans are to embrace their unyielding despair
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humans as free being

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  1. humans exercise the essence of who they are by having the freedom to choose their destiny
  2. one must except responsibility for self-determination
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humans as social being

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  1. are fundamentally a member f society
  2. the person is merely a set of relationships in which he is involved
  3. someone who does not interact with others is less than human
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17
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What is needed because it affects the nature of how we minister to others?

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Christian evaluation of the human person

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Why is Christian evaluation needed of the human person?

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it is needed because there is a present crisis in self-understanding

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What is needed because the large amount of study giben to humans in the various intellectual disciplines?

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Christian evaluation needed of the the human person

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What is needed because it is a place where biblical teaching and human beings themselves converge?

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christian evaluation needed of the human person

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What is needed because of its relationship with other Christian teaching?

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Christian evaluation of the human person

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22
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What is the Biblical significance of Adam’s creation?

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  1. humankind was created with mortal bodies
  2. humankind was provisioned by God
  3. humankind was given the role of serving in sacred space, which implies a relationship with God
  4. humankind was given a role ordering the animals
  5. humankind genders work together to fulfill their god’given role
  6. humankind needs a greater Adam to redeem them from their fallen state
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23
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Wh believed in naturalistic evolution?

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stephen hawking

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what is an attempt to account for the human species, as well as all other forms of life, without appealing to a supernatural explanation?

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naturalistic evolution

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25
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What says that humanity is the result of chance or random combination of atoms?

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naturalistic evolution

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26
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which view has great difficulty when attempting to reconcile with the biblical teaching?

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naturalistic evolution

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27
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What is fiat creationism?

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God by a direct act, brought into being virtually instantaneously everything that is

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Which view says God produced the world and everything in it, not to be the use of any indirect means of biological mechanism, but by direct action and contact?

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fiat creationism

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29
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what view reflects the dominate way the church interpreted biblical creation?

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fiat creationism

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30
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Who is the major proponent of fiat creationism?

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ken ham

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Which view says God started the process of evolution, producing the first matter and implanting within the creation the laws it development has followed?

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deistic evolution (variation of old earth creation)

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Which view says that after God’s initial influence in the process he withdrew and allowed the universe/humanity to develop?

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deistic evolution

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33
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major proponent of deistic evolution

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Einstein

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34
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Who was a major of theistic evolution?

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Henry Drummond

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35
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which view says God began the process of bringing the first organism to life an continued to work internally toward his goal for creation?

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theistic evolution

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36
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Who was the major proponent of progressive creationism?

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Alistar McGrath

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37
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Which view understands God creative work as a combination of a series of special act and as God progressively working through processes?

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progressive creationism (variation of old earth creation)

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38
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What is the theological meaning of human creation?1-5

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  1. humans being created means they have no independent existence
  2. humans are part of creation
  3. humans have a unique place in creation
  4. there is no brotherhood/sisterhood among humans
  5. humanity is not he highest object in the universe
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39
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what is the theological meaning of human creation? 6-9

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  1. there are definite limitations upon humanity
  2. limitation is not inherently bad
  3. proper adjustment in life can be achieved only on the basis of acceptance of one’s own finiteness
  4. humanity is something wonderful
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40
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What is a permanent aspect of man, a part of his essence and existence, something that man cannot lose without ceasing to be man?

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the image of God

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41
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What must be understood as that likeness to God which was perverted when man fell into sin, and is being restored and renewed in the process of sanctification?

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the image of God

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42
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What is historical theology?

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is the study of the interpretation of scripture and the formulation of doctrine by the church of the past

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43
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What reveals to us the accumulated wisdom of the church?

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historical theology

44
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What reveals to us our own cultural perspective?

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historical theology

45
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Who was Irenaeus?

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bishop of Lyons in southern France, chief work: Against Heresies, desired to refute the errors of Gnosticism

46
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Who taught that God created man in his image and after his likeness?

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Irenaeus

47
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Who believed that the image was retained but the likeness to God was lost after the fall of humanity?

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Irenaeus

48
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Who said the image of God in humanity is his rationality and freedom?

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Irenaeus

49
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Who is often called the greatest philosopher/theologian of the medieval church?

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Thomas Aquinas

50
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Who wrote summa theologica?

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Thomas Aquinas

51
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Who taught the image of God is man’s natural aptitude for understanding and loving God which is common to all humanity?

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Thomas Aquinas

52
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who was known for his role in shaping the theology of the protestant reformation?

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John Calvin

53
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Who wrote the Institutes of Christian Religion?

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John Calvin

54
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Who taught the image of God was found primarily in man’s soul?

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John Calvin

55
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Who taught that the image was visible in the light of the mind, in the uprightness of the heart and in the soundness of all parts?

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John Calvin

56
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who was the Swiss theologian, famous for his work Church dogmatic and opposed Adolf?

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Karl Barth

57
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Who rejected the historicity of Adam and mankind’s fall into sin?

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Karl Barth

58
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Who taught that the image of God in mankind was the relational capacity that God had given us?

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Karl Barth

59
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Who taught that the creation of two sexes endowed humanity with the ability of relational confrontation?

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Karl Barth

60
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Who was Emil Brunner?

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student of Karl Barth, taught that the image of God was humanity’s capacity to respond to God’s love and humanity’s need to respond to God

61
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Who rejects the historicity of Adam and mankind’s fall into sin?

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Emil Brunner

62
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Who was G. C. Berkouwer?

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dutch theologian, taught the free university of Amsterdam, restricted the image of God in humanity to the spiritual qualities with which man was created, namely, true knowledge, righteousness and holiness

63
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What happens once the theologian has taken inventory of both biblical and historical investigation?

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development of a theological model

64
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Variety within the substantive view

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physical image, psychological or spiritual quality, rational quality

65
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variety within the relational view

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image of God is man has the capacity for partnership, image of God in man is experienced in our relationship with God, image of God in man is experienced in our relationship with othersw

66
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variety within the functional view

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image of God is found in something that humanity does, image of God is functioning as mankind gains dominion over the rest of creation

67
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multi-leveled approach

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the various interpretations may give us various insight into different aspects of the image of God in humanity

68
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which approach says the image of God is universal to the human race, has not been lost due to sin therefore a primarily substantial view seems best

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multi-leveled approach

69
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how has our self-image been perverted?

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pride

undue shame/guilt

70
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how does the Holy Spirit renew our self-image

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enables us to take assessment of our strengths an weaknesses

enables us to have victory over sin

71
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naturalism

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human person is the body

all that exists is the universe

72
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supernaturalism

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human person has a body and a soul

God exists along with the natural world

73
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Plato’s belief of soul

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claims that the soul is that which parts life to the body

74
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Aristotle’s belief of soul

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maintained that everything that is alive contained a soul

75
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Augustine’s belief of soul

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affirmed that the soul was the principle of life. everything that is ensouled is alive

76
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Aquinas’ belief of soul

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affirmed the soul. however called for a deeper unity between soul and body than previously maintained

77
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Rene Descartes’ belief of soul

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believed that the soul/body possess a deep unity

78
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Gottfried Leibniz belief of osul

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that God created the world in such a way that whenever the soul wills the body moves

79
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Philosophical reasons for the soul

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  1. provides a basis for human causation
  2. provides a basis for human freedom
  3. provides a basis for unity of experience
  4. provides a basis for human dignity
80
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Who supported the creationist view?

A

Lactanius, the Divine Institutes

81
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Who said the soul comes directly from God and it is sent by God sometime between conception and birth?

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Lactanius, the Divine Institutes

82
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Traducian view

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comes from Latin word tradure which means “generation”, the soul as well as the body are inherited from the parents

83
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what view says the soul as well as the body are inherited from the parents?

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Traducian view

84
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what view says the souls of people exist in heaven long before their bodies are conceived in the womb?

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pre-existent view

85
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what view brings the soul to be joined with the body

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pre-existent view

86
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trichotomism

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humans are composed of three elements: body, soul, spirit

87
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body(trichotomism)

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humans have this physical part in common with animals and plants; there is a difference of degree as humans have a more complex structure

88
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soul (trichotomism)

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humans have a psychological element; this is the basis of reason, emotion, social relatedness

89
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spirit (trichotomism)

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a religious element that is provided at conversion that enables humans to perceive spiritual matters

90
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which view seems to be heavily influences by Greek philosophy that believed in the superiority of the “soul” over the body

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trichotomism

91
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Which testament does not demean the body over against the soul

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new testament

92
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dichotomism

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human are composed of a two-parts: body, soul

93
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body (dichotomism)

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the material aspect of humanity

94
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soul (dichotomism)

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the immaterial aspect of humanity

95
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which view was the most commonly held view of the earliest period of Christian thought?

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dichotomism

96
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monism

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humans are not composed of parts
to be human is to have a body
humans are unable to exist apart form a body

97
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conditional unity

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humans are to be understood as a unity versus a compilation of parts, humans at death are able to live after the death of the body, humans final act of redemption is the resurrection of the body

98
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what provides scientifically tested evidence that the soul lives on after the death of the body

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near death experiences

99
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sexuality

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is god’s chosen way for the propogation and continuation of humanity

100
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creation of what is part of Gods plan to push us toward relationships?

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sexes

101
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Why did God create two sexes?

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both are required to reflect the glory of the Trinity

102
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complementarians

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understand that men and women are equal in their worthy, but have different roles

103
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egalitarians

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understand that men and women are equal in worth and women are not restricted in the roles that they can perform

104
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economic status

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God made special provision for the poor in Israel
Hebrew slaves were to be turned free after 6 years of service
interest was eschewed in the OT
the poor were allowed to glean

105
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why do all have the same status before God

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becasue all are created in image of God

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