Political Science Chapter 1 And 2

Front 1

What 17th Century religious conflict began as a conflict between Protestants and Roman Catholics?

Back 1

The Thirty War

Front 2

What modern group advocates government enforcement of Old Testament laws today?

Back 2

Christian Reconstructionism

Front 3

What two reasons are given for why support for religious freedom increased in the American colonies?

Back 3

American colonists had a need to create a unified government with various types of religious beliefs and because many of the colonists had fled from persecution

Front 4

What two reasons are given for why support for religious freedom increased in the American colonies?

Back 4

American colonists had a need to create a unified government with various types of religious beliefs and because many of the colonists had fled from persecution.

Front 5

What four biblical arguments support the position that government cannot compel religious belief?

Back 5

1. Jesus distinguished the realms of God and Caesar

2. Jesus refused to try to compel people to believe in him

3. Genuine faith cannot be forced

4. Not a worldly kingdom

Front 6

What are three implications of the belief that government should not compel religion?

Back 6

1. Government should never force a person to believe in a 'state' religion

2. Christians should support freedom of religious beliefs

3. Government should not support a church with tax money

Front 7

What five European countries practice some type of state religion today?

Back 7

United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Spain, and Germany

Front 8

What evidence does your author give to support the position that state religion has a negative effect?

Back 8

State religion is not the answer because historically government has weaken the church. For instance, in Norway and Sweden the church has extremely low attendance.

Front 9

What two groups are mentioned that try to exclude religious views from government?

Back 9

American Civil Liberties Union and the Americans United for Separation of Church and State

Front 10

In what Us Supreme Court case did the court strike down an amendment to the Colorado Constitution which forbade granting homosexuals special rights, stating that the amendment "lacks a rational relationship to legitimate state interests"?

Back 10

Romer v Evans

Front 11

What reasons are given for rejecting the view that government should be excluded from religion?

Back 11

1) It fails to distinguish the reasons for a law from the content of the law

2) It overrides the will of the people

3) It changes freedom of religion into freedom from religion

4) It wrongly restricts freedom of religion and freedom of speech

5) It was never adopted by the American People

6) It removes from government God's teaching about good and evil

7) Biblical examples of God's people giving counsel of ruler

Front 12

What two appeals to God are made in the beginning of the Declaration of Independence?

Back 12

God's laws and that God gives us the rights that government seeks to protect

Front 13

Why is it a problem that the courts have been most instrumental in imposing an exclusion of religion in the United States?

Back 13

The problem of having the United States courts ruling against freedom of religion goes directly against the first amendment

Front 14

In what court case did the justices say that government's actions cannot have the effect of advancing or prohibiting religion?

Back 14

The Lemon v Kurtzman

Front 15

In the Lemon v. Kurtzman case what was different from the founder's intent?

Back 15

They sought to eliminate religion from government and the founder's acknowledged that there is a God and that he was the one that gave us authority to create a new government

Front 16

What court case first expressed opposition to the idea that government action would provide a benefit to religion?

Back 16

The Everson v. Board of Education expressed opposition to the idea that government actions would provide a benefit to religion

Front 17

What Bible examples are given to support the position that believers are to give counsel to government on how they should govern?

Back 17

Daniel gave counsel to Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, John the Baptist rebuked King Herod, and the apostle Paule counseled Felix

Front 18

What verse is used to support military pacifism?

Back 18

Matthew 5:39

Front 19

What recent book has been central in promoting the idea that all governments are demonic? Who is the author?

Back 19

The Myth of a Christian Nation by Greg Boyd

Front 20

What biblical authority does Boyd use to support his thesis that governments are demonic?

Back 20

Lue 4:6

Front 21

How does your author refute Boyd's claim that the governments are demonic?

Back 21

John 8:44

Front 22

What passage suggests that Jesus authorized the use of the sword for self-defense?

Back 22

Luke 22:36-38

Front 23

What passage is used to authorize the use of force to protect one's family?

Back 23

Romans 10:17

Front 24

What passages are used to support the view that the Gospel is the good news about all of life?

Back 24

Matthew 28:19-20

Front 25

What two countries does your author contrast to support his position that political activism has a spiritual benefit? What verse does he use to support this position?

Back 25

The author contrasts North Korea and South Korea and points out that South Korea was spreading the word of God while North Korea could not spread the gospel. 1 Timothy 2:2

Front 26

What two views are akin to the idea that only spiritual (that is non-material) things matter to God?

Back 26

Platonism and Gnosticism are the two views that are akin to the idea that only spiritual things matter to God

Front 27

What two passages does your author use to support the position that we should seek the good of our neighbor in all aspects of society?

Back 27

Matthew 22:39 and Galatians 6:10

Front 28

What fraction of American abolitionists in the mid-1830s were Christian clergyman?

Back 28

Two-thirds of American abolitionists in the mid-1830s were Christian clergymen

Front 29

Who was the Christian pastor that led the American civil rights movement that led to the outlawing of racial discrimination and segregation?

Back 29

Martin King Luther Jr.

Front 30

What three documents are stated as three of the most significant documents in the history of the government?

Back 30

Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution

Front 31

What nineteenth and early twentieth century emphasized the church working to eradicate poverty, slums, and racial discrimination, but placed little emphasis on salvation or the authority of the Bible?

Back 31

The Social Gospel

Front 32

What are given as the three components of long-term national change?

Back 32

1) If people's hearts change so that they seek to do good, not evil

2) If people's minds change so that their moral convictions align more closely with God's moral standards in the Bible

3) If a nation's laws change so that they more fully encourage good conduct and punish wrong conduct

Front 33

Give the list of benefits to society that the church and individual Christians have been largely responsible for persuading governments to enact?

Back 33

They helped outlaw racial segregation and discrimination and limited the monarchy

Front 34

What was the name of the period between 1920 and 1933 "in which a constitutional amendment outlawed making or selling alcoholic beverages in the United States"?

Back 34

Prohibition

Front 35

Is Christianity the largest religion in the United States?

Back 35

Yes

Front 36

Was there a Supreme Court decision at one time that affirmed that the United States is a Christian nation?

Back 36

Yes

Front 37

Are the majority of people in the United States Bible-believing evangelical, born-again Christians?

Back 37

No

Front 38

In what court case did the Court confirm that the United States is a Christian nation?

Back 38

Church of the Holy Trinity v. the United States

Front 39

Where in the Constitution does it prohibit the use of religious tests for holding public office?

Back 39

Article VI, Section 3

Front 40

What are other names given to the doctrine of theonomy?

Back 40

Christian Reconstrucionism, Dominion Theology, and Dominionism are other names given to the doctrine of theonomy

Front 41

What view teaches that "the Old Testament laws that God gave to Israel in the Mosaic covenant should be the pattern for civil laws in nations today?

Back 41

Theonomy

Front 42

What arguments does your author present to refute the teachings of theonomy?

Back 42

Rousas John Rushdoony and Greg Bahnsen are two of the major proponents of theonomy

Front 43

What are the two minimal obligations for Christians in a democracy?

Back 43

Moral and political values consistent with biblical teaching are two minimal obligations for Christians in a democracy

Front 44

How long has the IRS imposed restrictions on pastors that prohibit them from endorsing or opposing candidates by name?

Back 44

1954