terms/topics Flashcards
cultural literacy
base amount of knowledge we need to know to participate in culture
theology
study of God
theo + logos= Gods words
inductive reasoning
conclusions based on specific observation to form general conclusion events/details
deductive reasoning
general to specific conclusion
premise of statement must all be linked and correct
revealed argumentation
God and Bible as support for argument
tells what KIND of God exists (does he love/hate)
natural argumentation
uses observation and logic BUT doesn’t tell is anything about God
aristotles 4 causes
material- what is this thing made of?
formal- what is its form/shape?
efficient- what brings it into being/who created it?
final- “telos” ultimate purpose
apologetics (apologia)
branch of theology devoted to defend Christianity
atheism
disbelief of God/gods
agnosticism
the belief that someone doesn’t know it’s possible for God/gods to exist or not
newmans central argument
theology is branch of knowledge, so why exclude it from universities? we don’t know if it is truth or not, just like newton, yet we still study newton?
different forms of evidence
testimony, our own eyes, documents, archeology
NOMA
non overlapping majestia
science and religion should not touch
science is fact
religion is good/bad
BUT religion deals with history… so how is it not fact?
rhetoric vs content
rhetoric is persuasion, or your wit/humor
content is the actual detail/material of argument
law of human nature
by lewis
we all know right from wrong, this is law that can’t be broken
BUT human nature can be broken
