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40 Cards in this Set
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theology |
the study of the things of God faith seeking understanding |
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Theos |
Greek for God |
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logos |
Greek for word |
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doctrine |
distinct theological teachings held by the church (may vary among denominations) |
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what is the most important thing about thinking theologically? |
living out your beliefs |
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the three actions of humans (Aristotle) |
1. Theoria 2. Poiesis 3. Praxis |
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Theoria |
think/theorize |
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Poiesis |
produce/create based on skills |
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praxis |
do/act based on morals/virtures |
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Everyone is a theologian because... |
everyone has the ability to think about God. Not everyone is a good theologian.
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Folk theology |
unreflective believing based on blind faith/tradition |
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Lay theology |
Christians question beliefs/simplistic cliches like the little drummer boy |
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ministerial theology |
reflective faith as practiced by trained ministers and teachers |
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Professional theology |
theology is taught |
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Academic theology |
theology is written |
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our focus is to move from ______ theology to _____ theology. |
folk; lay |
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Ben Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive development |
1. remembering 2. understanding 3. applying 4. analyzing 5. evaluating 6. creating |
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Branches of theology |
1. Biblical 2. Historical 3. Philosophical 4. Systematic 5. Practical |
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Theology's 3 T's: |
tasks, traditions, tools |
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theology's tasks involves: |
critiquing, constructing, contextualizing |
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critiquing |
evaluating/examining ideas categorizing into dogma, doctrine, opinion |
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culture |
the collective beliefs people hold about how things should be |
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cultural "iceberg" |
the top is what we see (behaviors) the bottom is what we don't see (beliefs) |
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doctrine |
distinct theological teaching held by the church (may vary among denominations) |
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dogma |
belief essential to the Christian faith |
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opinion |
belief that is interesting but relatively unimportant to the faith of the church (as long as it doesn't conflict to doctrine/dogma) |
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theology's tasks: constructing |
a unified and coherent model of diverse biblical teaching and then APPLYING to contemporary culture in ways that are RELEVANT |
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Theology's tasks: contextualizing |
taking a concept into new cultural context and finding appropriate ways to COMMUNICATE it so that it is understandable to the people in that context (with words and behavior) |
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worldview |
the lens through which we view the world |
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Christianity's family tree |
Judaism, Early Church (Christians and Jews), Catholic and Orthodox (1054 AD), 16th century Protestants |
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Rule of Faith |
summary of Christian doctrine, summarized in ecumenical creeds, that are true always, everywhere, and for everyone ex: Apostle's Creed |
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orthodoxy |
right belief |
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Heresy |
beliefs rejected by the church as contrary to Scripture |
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Theology's tools involve: |
scripture, tradition, experience, reason (sources on which our theology is built) |
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Sola Scriptura |
scripture alone |
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Rationalism |
an approach to knowledge that views REASON as the path to truth |
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Empiricism |
an approach to knowledge that views EXPERIENCE as the principal path |
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Priori |
knowledge exists in our minds PRIOR to experience (we were born with it) |
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Posteriori |
knowledge exists in our minds AFTER we experience it |
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between reason and experience is... |
faith |
