Theology - Vocab 16

Question 1

kingdom

Answer 1

God’s divine, kingly reign as proclaimed and inaugurated by Jesus’ life, ministry, death and resurrection, and the subsequent outpouring of the Spirit into the world

Question 2

koinonia

Answer 2

a Greek word meaning “fellowship”, “communion” or “sharing together”

Question 3

law

Answer 3

OT in general, the Torah, Ten Commandments, Hosaic law

Question 4

liberalism

Answer 4

desires to adapt religion to modern thought and culture

Question 5

liberation theology

Answer 5

1960’s in Latin America, liberation theologies, emphasize the scriptural theme of liberation, understood as the overcoming of poverty and oppression

Question 6

limited atonement

Answer 6

sometimes called “particular redemption”, the view that Jesus’ death secured salvation for only a limited number of persons (the elect) in contrast to the idea that the work of the cross is intended for all humankind

Question 7

materialism

Answer 7

matter is all that matters

Question 8

Messiah

Answer 8

Hebrew term that means “anointed one”

Question 9

metanarrative

Answer 9

the idea that there is an overarching, all-embracing story of humankind into which all the more particular narratives fit: creation, Fall, redemption, new creation

Question 10

metaphysics

Answer 10

philosophical exploration into the ultimate nature of reality lying beyond the merely physical