keywords

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religiousness christianity

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bonhoeffer’s idea that christianity should get rid of old-fashioned ideas and seperate itself from present ideologies

Question 2

predestination

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the idea that god chooses and guides some people to salvation

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preference of the poor

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the idea that the needs of the poor must be prioritised at all times

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revealed theology

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the idea that god reveals what we need to know about him to us in different ways, for example through the bible or the person of jesus

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liberator

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someone who frees a person or group of people

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alienation

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separating people from what they are meant to be, so that they cannot reach their potential; degrading a person into a thing or object

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election

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being chosen by god for heaven or hell

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secular

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worldly or religious

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orthodoxy

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right belief; the official beliefs of the church

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orthopraxis

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right actions, the idea that actions matter more than belief

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repentance

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to turn your life in a new direction, away from your past life

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beatific vision

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the state of eternal happiness when we are face-to-face with god

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secularisation

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the process of making a society more secular by removing the influence of religious institutions

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universalism

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the view that everyone will be saved

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double predestination

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the view that god chooses those who will go to heaven and also those who will go to hell - held by calvinists

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purgatory

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the mainly catholic belief in a state of cleansing that takes place before someone enter heaven

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limited election

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the view that only some people are chosen to be saved

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sensus divinitas

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a sense of god, used by calvin to talk about an innate sense in each of us

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reversal

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the idea that justice in the kingdom of god is about reversing the opportunities of those on earth (eg. the poor shall become rich)

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the fall

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the moment when adam and eve disobeyed god by eating the fruit of the forbidden tree; humans are ‘fallen’ because of this moment

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natural theology

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use of reason and observation of the world to come to come to a knowledge of god

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secularism

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the idea that religious beliefs and institutions should not affect how a state is run; all belief systems are equal in the eyes of the law

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solidarity

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the idea that christians must be ‘for others’

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patriarchy

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male dominated; a patriarchal society is one where men have more power than women

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concupiscence

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bad desires particularly sexual desire; the wounding of our natural perfected state so that we are not bad but always inclining towards sin

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social cohesion

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a society that works well together - has sense of identity and community

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summun bonum

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highest or greatest good

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original sin

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the state that humans were brought into by the first fall, which was the first sin

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neurosis

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a mental illness with symptoms of stress, such as anxiety and obsessive behaviour

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unlimited election

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the view that everyone is called to be saved but only a few will be

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costly grace

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the idea that the free gift of grace demands a response of true, sacrificial discipleship - total commitment to christ and to be christ-like in your attitude

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grace

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god’s generous, undeserved and free act of love for the world through jesus (despite concupiscence)