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19 Cards in this Set
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a. How does our praxis (practice) surrounding marriage and divorce reveal our individualism?
b. What is the connection between individualism and the political philosophy of liberalism? |
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Still a sense of independence -Saying to your spouse "you don't define me" -Better to say make holy than happy b. -Life is a good thing -There should be freedom to make our own decisions -We need to have something we live for instead of just escaping reality |
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a. How is consumerism connected with the political philosophy of liberalism and the economic philosophy of capitalism?
b. How do terms ( efficiency, exclusion, reification, exchange value vs. use value) contribute to our understanding of capitalism? c. How does the mall function in this worldview? What story does it tell through the formative use of symbols and praxis(practice)? |
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-We all share human nature -Sense to align myself with good -There is a proper goal for desire --Not material goods but specifically money is power --We have to buy everything we need (completely consumers) b. -Efficiency: cost-benefit-ratio -Exclusion: failure to calculate full cost -Reification: applying commodity logic to all sectors of society -Exchange.vs.use: Being producers of exchange rather than actual goods c. -Seen as water of life compared to tree of life -Tells you this is what you need -As sacred space -Portrays the good life and all things that consists of -Meant to show us what is really important -"Much more" |
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a. What are 4 indicators you might be a nationalist?
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1. If you believe that God's plan for history would be hampered if US did not exist
2. If you find it unthinkable that a citizen would not be able to pledge of allegiance or sing anthem 3. If you think our Declaration of Independence embodies eternal principles or that the constitution should never be changed 4. If you believe that our nation would finally be ok if it would just get back to "how it was" at some earlier stage of our history |
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b.What are 3 views of religion? How can these help us see the idolatrous way that nationalism can function?
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1. Essentialist:
says that religion is transhistorical/transcultural way of life 2. Functionalist: Everybody treats something as ultimate 3. Constructivist: Asks the question "How does religion get constructed?" |
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c. What are some liturgies and embodied practices that shape nationalism in us? Give atleast a couple examples and explain them in light of Smith's and Shmemann's view of liturgy.
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-rituals of ultimate concern; are formative for identity; inculcate particular good visions of goodlife; do so in a way that means to trump other ritual formations Shmemann: -an action by which a group becomes something they had not been as a mere collection of individuals |
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a. What are some sources of MR? How do each challenge the idea of the rational self?
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Carl Marx: - says "economies drive religion and morality" Sigmund Feud: -says "subconscious drives us. we can't tell apart Darwin: -Focuses on "materialism and naturalism" ? it is a weapon in the hands of the weak Nietzche: -says "will to power" A.J Ayer: -"emotionist" Ruth Benedict: -"cultural diversity" |
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b. What is the distinction between "moral relativism" and moral relativism, according to Wilkens and Sanford?
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With quotes: - rarely offer reasons for their positions -are antilegalists or anti-absolutists -finds legalistic truth claims distasteful and reacts by embracing relativism as an alternative Without quotes: -Limit relativism to the area of ethics (usually include aesthetics, questions of beauty) Involves a big assumption about whar should be classified as truth - debate where to draw the line that separates matters of fact from issues of opinion or taste -we function as though we determine good and bad |
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c. What are some things that relativisim is NOT?
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d. What are some responses to moral relativism?
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-Good/evil as universal categories -"Should I hold to moral relativism?" - Punch-in-the-face response - "if there is no God, everything is petmitted." - The paradox of modern liberal democracies |
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a. How has modern creationism often made similar assumptions to naturalism?
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b. What are some critiques of naturalism?
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- Explain "laws of nature?" -If nature selects for survival, not truth... -No basis for morality -Unique status of human beings? - Personal responsibility? |
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c. How does our praxis(practice) with respect to contraception show an underlying logic of naturalism?
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a. How is New Age thinking a mirror image of scientific naturalism?
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Through pantheism, there is no part of nature that is not God; no part of the divine is outside the universe. God equals the universe in its totality Through panentheism, all nature is divine, but also says thaf an aspect of the divine exists beyond the universe. |
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b. In what ways might Christians agree with some New Age criticisms of modern thinking and living?
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b. We want to be clear of being stewards of creation
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a. How does postmodern tribalism think about truth and power?
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a. Truth is the function of power
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b. What factors contribute to "postmodern provisionalism?
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-cultural diversity -speed and communication -tribalism |
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c. How has postmodern tribalism affected the church in America? What can serve as a remedy to this?
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-cult(ure) of victimhood
- the religious rights and politics -remedy: a tribe for blessing all tribes -embrace particularity and witness - the power of weakness, suffering, and love |
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a. What are 4 schools of psychological thought?
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1.Freud: equilibrium
2.Rogers: self-actualization 3. Skinner: Engineer proper behaviour 4.Family Systems: changing together |
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b. How does Philip Rieff explain the movement from being "religious man" to "psychological man?" How does faith function for "psychological man?"
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"Religious man" - was born to be saved
"Psychological man" is born to be pleased Psychological man can feel free to use his own terms |
