Lesson 1: Theology and The Search for Meaning - Page 4 & 5

Question 1

This comes as an opposing force to the rising trends of “ trolling ” and “ fake news “

Answer 1

Social Media Activism / Social Justice Blogging

Question 2

An online form of self-aggrandizing, and therefore, a politically
ineffective activism

Answer 2

Slacktivism

Question 3

” Armchair Activists “

Answer 3

Evgeny Morozov - The Net Delusiom

Question 4

They could have done more good had they just dedicated their resources to actual concrete efforts than online efforts on social media

Answer 4

” Armchair Activists “

Question 5

“fascination with vampires, aliens, and magic, with the occult, the supernatural and the preternatural.”

Answer 5

Albert Nolan

Question 6

” issue - oriented content “ - religious education curriculum

Answer 6

Marisa Crawford & Graham Rossiter

Question 7

A key source for theological discourse

Answer 7

Human Experience

Question 8

“In Thailand [with regards to the 2014 Thai coup d’état], the protestors used the three- finger symbol—a Hunger Games reference—to symbolize opposition against the military junta. Popular culture is often derided as crass, tasteless, or lacking in aesthetic value. On the other hand, pop culture’s ‘popularity’ can be a reflection of shared sentiments or a framework for collective meaning-construction, a repository of symbols and gestures whose meaning is well-understood and which can be channeled by the
people to the public space when the time calls for it.”

Answer 8

Jan Frederick Cruz - Ateneo de Manila

Question 9

He asked what was so attractive about the communist movement.

Answer 9

Fr. John Fuellenbach

Question 10

Maoism provides us young people in our present situation with four essential things :

Answer 10

1. a unified and coherent vision of the world, history and reality;
2. a definite goal to work for, live for, and die for;
3. a call to all people for a common fraternity; and,
4. a sense of commitment and a mission to spread the good news that there is hope for the hopeless.

Question 11

Why many young people who joined the communists in the mountains left the church for maoist ideology?

Answer 11

Because the Church could not provide such an essential life
direction

Question 12

Vision of the Christian Faith

Answer 12

a. Direction
b. Commitment
c. Call

Question 13

St. Augustine

Answer 13

“ The first step in the search for
truth is humility ”