Religion final

Question 1

Religions of salvation

Answer 1

things are not as they should be so we suffer. The world needs to be changed.

Question 2

Religion of sanctification

Answer 2

There is nothing wrong with the world. we live in it and maintain it.

Question 3

The problem of suffering (evil)

Answer 3

issue that arises in response to anomic conditions describes chaotic/evil.

Question 4

theodicy

Answer 4

Explanation or justification of suffering

Question 5

Anomic

Answer 5

means lawless. lack of social norms or standards, bringing a state of disorientation, anxiety and chaos.

Question 6

Natural evil

Answer 6

outside of human control is natural disasters

Question 7

Moral evil

Answer 7

evil within our control. ex: murder

Question 8

suffering as punishment for sin

Answer 8

people suffer because we deserve it

Question 9

suffering improves moral character

Answer 9

story of joe in the bible- we go through stuff to prove our moral character.

Question 10

suffering and the mystery of god

Answer 10

we have no right to question god and promotes agnostic beyond our comprehension.

Question 11

suffering and free will

Answer 11

god is not all powerful. he cannot control the bad things that happen to us.

Question 12

Dharma

Answer 12

social duty

Question 13

Karma

Answer 13

law of cause and effect. good karma is caused by good dharma which will lead to better next life.

Question 14

other-world theodicy

Answer 14

the suffering will end when you go to another world paradise.

Question 15

future this-world theodicy

Answer 15

suffering will end at some future point on this earth. ex: god is coming

Question 16

mystical participation

Answer 16

loss self to a higher spirit. Ex: speaking in tongue

Question 17

How does dualism explin suffering?

Answer 17

all evil and suffering are to be ascribed to powerful, satanic forces that created and now rule this world, including our bodily exis- tence

Question 18

theodicy of protest

Answer 18

god is all powerful so he is the one to blame when something bad happens. ex: The guy who sewed god.

Question 19

process theodicy

Answer 19

maybe god is not powerful and he created the best world that he could.

Question 20

open theism

Answer 20

God is self limiting he chooses to limit his own powers

Question 21

eschatology

Answer 21

meaning “last things” the understanding of nature, of human life, and of history in terms of their goals or destinies. Often associated with beliefs concerning life after death, judgment, and heaven and Hell

Question 22

apocalypse

Answer 22

revelations, stories or theories about the end of the world.

Question 23

moral experience

Answer 23

set of norms designed to regulate and govern the conduct of humans and how we relate with each other and other living creatures, and the environment

Question 24

Varieties of moral experience

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1.) harm- moral restrictions about harming others, 2.) fairness- acting in ways that lookout harming others. 3.) community- internal arguement stays within a community, 4.) authority- even with permission, hesitant to slap authority. 5.) purity- clean. ex: brothe and sister sex no no

Question 25

deontological ethics

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Necessary, obligatory, and unconditional. How to determine right and wrong is based off of act. stronger sense of duty. Consequences do not factor. God said I shall not kill so I would not kill Hitler

Question 26

teleological ethics

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kill one man over 5. what is better for the greater good or greatest numbers even if actions are bad.

Question 27

virtue ethics

Answer 27

how you see yourself without rules.

Question 28

ethics of divine command

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The standard of right and wrong is defind through gods commands.

Question 29

Euthyphro’s dilemma

Answer 29

what God commands is good, or things are good because god commands them

Question 30

Moral exemplar

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kind of person who is considered good. the ideal moral character and to those qualities such as self-giving love, fidelity, and courage that form the character. the judgement of ones actions has to do with their motives. ex: jesus

Question 31

cosmic or natural law

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• One of the most important sources of ethical guidance. study of the creation or structure of the cosmos. Human moral action is grounded in the essential structure of reality itself

Question 32

secularization

Answer 32

Describes how a society becomes less religous.

Question 33

sacralization

Answer 33

more religious

Question 34

Privatized religion

Answer 34

Robber habbits of the heart- mix and match religions from “buffet”

Question 35

Evangelical

Answer 35

biblical literalism.

Question 36

Pentecostal

Answer 36

speaking in tongues and girfts of the holy spirit. (mystical participation) believe in baptism and holy spirit .

Question 37

definitions of Fundamentalism

Answer 37

god, religious authority, ecompases all things. no criticsm or reduction. expressed through guidelines of scripture.

Question 38

theocracy

Answer 38

Government rule is based on religion.

Question 39

Jesus camp

Answer 39

very intense. if you believe that type of teaching, then it is okay to teach your kids. However, i feel the adults and teachers put alot of pressure on these kids to act a certain way before they were ready or fully understood it.

Question 40

Caesaropapism

Answer 40

system in which an emperor or monarch maintained absolute control over the christain church within his or her territories, even exercising authority or over religious matters such as law, worship, and doctrine.

Question 41

Second vatican council

Answer 41

that the church fully championed liberal democratic forms of government.

Question 42

Separationism

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Secularization of the state separation of church and state.

Question 43

What is the Moralization switch and its hallmark?

Answer 43

helps us determine between deemed immoral actions vs. disagreeable actions. what is universally bad. ex: murder