Vocabulary

Question 1

What is a metanarrative?

Answer 1

practices, beliefs, and values

Question 2

What is truthiness?

Answer 2

(Coined by Stephen Colbert)

Self-consoling falsehoods

Question 3

What is truthfulness?

Answer 3

○ Genuineness, the opposite of hypocrisy
○ Seeking truth rather than the comfortable lie ○ In this way, we can consider adherents of religions other than our own as “truthful”
people

Question 4

What is atheism?

Answer 4

there is no God

Question 5

What is agnosticism?

Answer 5

Undecided about the existence of god

Question 6

What is humanism?

Answer 6

Human reason triumphs over faith.

Question 7

What is secular?

Answer 7

Not religious or unrelated to religion.

Question 8

What is secularization?

Answer 8

To move away from religion.

Question 9

What is strong atheism?

Answer 9

A belief system that asserts the non-existence of god(s).

Question 10

What is weak atheism?

Answer 10

A belief system that denies there is adequate evidence to justify belief in the existence of god(s).

Question 11

What is agnostic atheism?

Answer 11

I don’t know if there is a god, but I

don’t think there is.

Question 12

What is agnostic theism?

Answer 12

I don’t know if there is a god, but I believe that there could be one (Something-ism).

Question 13

What is apathetic agnosticism?

Answer 13

I don’t know. I don’t care.

Question 14

What is somethingism?

Answer 14

An unspecified belief in a higher force.

Question 15

What is telos?

Answer 15

the end goal

Question 16

What does “secular” mean?

Answer 16

Worldly, separate from God, separation of religion & state

Question 17

What is objectivism?

Answer 17

believe that there is meaning beyond the individual (morality or creativity, for example).

Question 18

What is subjectivism?

Answer 18

believe that meaning is relative to the subject and therefore derives from an individual’s desires, ends and choices.

Question 19

What is nihilism?

Answer 19

assumes that there is no meaning to life.

Question 20

What is accepting love?

Answer 20

Affirms the being of the child (I love you for you, no matter what).

Question 21

What is transforming love?

Answer 21

Seeks the well-being of the child (if your child is sick, you seek a cure).

Question 22

What is militant fundamentalism?

Answer 22

(ISIS) The religion is seen as being at odds with culture and/or other metanarratives and must be protected or preserved and culture must be converted/redeemed or resisted.

Question 23

What is escape?

Answer 23

The religion is seen as being at odds with culture and/or other metanarratives, which are viewed as polluting influences that should be avoided

Question 24

What is syncretism?

Answer 24

The religion is blended with other metanarratives and/or the dominant culture. This is sometimes expressed in pluralistic beliefs.

Question 25

What is adapt?

Answer 25

The religion had definitive aspects that stand apart from other metanarratives and/or the dominant culture, but may be interpreted in a way that speaks to a specific context.

Question 26

What is patriarchalism?

Answer 26

● This position represents the view that men are in some sense superior to women and should rule over them in every area of life.
● Proponents of this view would point to biological and psychological differences

Question 27

What is complementarianism?

Answer 27

● Sometimes called “soft patriarchy” or
“patriarchy light.”
● Men and women have different but
complementary roles and responsibilities in marriage, family, life and religious leadership

Question 28

What is egalitarianism/feminism?

Answer 28

● All human persons are created equal in God’s sight and are therefore are called to all roles and ministries w/o regard to class, gender or race.
● They believe that equal-yet-different, as taught by complementarians, is a contradiction in terms.
● Egalitarians believe that men and women share mutual submission and responsibility in both marriage and the church.