Religion Exam

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What is Faith?

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Faith is a gift from God that enables us to come to know God and that God has revealed

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What is belief?

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The holding of certain ideas

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What does the term catholic mean?

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Universal

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What is theology?

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The study of God

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What is doctrine?

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Official statements of belief that are binding on it's members

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What is constructive doubt?

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Sincere searching for a deeper understanding

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What is destructive doubt?

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Cynical rejection of the beliefs in question without a basis of understanding

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What is a mystery of faith?

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We can never fully comprehend or fully grasp God and his plan for us.

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What is Nihilism?

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The belief in nothing (Opposite of faith)

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What is Henotheist Faith/Identity?

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A pattern of faith and identity in which one invests deeply in one focal point that is inappropriate or false (an idol). Giving concern to money, power, sex etc.)

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What is Monotheist Faith/Identity?

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A pattern of faith in which one invests and orders one's live with the source and center of all value and power (God).

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What is Primal Faith?

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Stage 0; Foundation based on trust.
Infants- 2 years

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What is Mythic-Literal Faith?

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Stage 2; Faith is understood literally, with lessening dependence on fantasy; ability to use concrete operational thinking;
7 years-adolescence

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What is Intuitive- Projective Faith?

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Stage 1; Where child experiences the birth of imagination and fantasy;

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What is Synthetic- Conventional Faith?

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Stage 3; Conforms to the beliefs and values of an external group. Most common
Adolescence - Adult

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What is Individuative-Reflective Faith?

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Stage 4; Shifts from external to internal. Begin to question beliefs.
30's-40's

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What is Conjunctive Faith?

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Stage 5; Able to satisfy some questions, and live without all of the answers. Understands that there are opposite truths. (Good-Justice)
Rare before mid-life

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What is Universalizing Faith?

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Stage 6; Become an activist. They feel at one with all of humanity.
Mother Theresa

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What is religion?

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The social expression of religious faith. People come together to share and strengthen and spread that faith.

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What is the purpose of religion?

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To foster the sense of unity of all persons of faith. Deals with what counts most in life.

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What is the psychological value of religion?

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Personal responsibility; need to create meaning for oneself by realizing that there is "something more." God

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What is the Social value of religion?

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Global responsibility; Gets people to responsibly face and resolve the global crises that threaten all humankind.

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What are beliefs?

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The "why" we do what we do in life.

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What are Actions?

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The what we do in life.

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What are 4 external expressions of beliefs?

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Creed, Code, Ceremony and Community

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What is creed?

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A statement of beliefs expressing what matters most; external expression of belief expressed through words, ideas, and thoughts.

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What is Code?

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External expression of beliefs expressed through actions.

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What is the Jewish Creed called?

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The Shema

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What is Ceremony?

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An external expression of belief expressed through worship

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What is transcendence?

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Beyond the world. Belief that unites all religious people

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What is Gnosticism?

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False belief (heresy) that Jesus is only God and not human

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What is Marcionism?

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Heresy; Believed that God of Old Testement is different than God of Jesus.

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What is Arianism?

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Heresy; Believed that Jesus is only human and not God.

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What is the Multiple Theist Identity Model?

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Many focal points all lacking one center to focus. Many gods.

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What is Westerhoff's "experienced" faith?

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This is what we do. This is how we act.

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What is Westerhoff's " Affiliative" faith?

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This is what we believe and do. This is our church.

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What is Westerhoff's "Searching" faith?

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Is this what I believe?

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What is Westerhoff's "Owned" faith?

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This is what I believe

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In the beginning there was _____

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God

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Humanity had an __________

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Experience of God

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When is the first stage of faith?

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God reaches out, and we respond. "Experience of God"

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Experience of God leads to ________ of faith

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stories

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When is the second stage of faith?

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Stories of faith

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They formed into ___________

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Communities or churches

This is when they started to write stories down.

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Then they started to ask questions which led to the birth of _______

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Theology

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The questions were turned into teachings through _____

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Doctrines

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Is doctrine the same thing as faith?

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No.

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What are 3 good reasons for why religion is studied at Mercy?

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Patients
Foreign affairs
Basic to human development