SUBJECT AREAS AND RIGHT GRADING
briefly describe the trinity Answer: the concept of the trinity states
that the father, son, and holy spirit are one God in three persons,
coexisting for eternity in a relationship of love.
⫸ According to Chapter 1 in the text book and Lecture 1, which
worldview families use both faith and reason? Answer: Atheism,
Pantheism, Theism & Deism (all of them)
⫸ what is the difference between private and shared worldviews?
Answer: Private worldviews are shaped by an individual's life story,
experience, society, culture, relationship therefore expressed by
individualized language, belief and practice
Shared- shaped by community of thinkers/practitioners across
time/places and therefore is expressed by shared language, beliefs and
practices
⫸ when discussing worldveiws, what is the difference between an
open system and a closed system? Answer: open system - says there
is a spiritual force outside of social interaction where a closed system
says there is no outside force
, ⫸ the concept of humanity is created in the image of God may refer
to a number of things. list 4: 2 covered in lecture, 2 in the text
Answer: created to represent God
created to have dominion
created to have a relationship with God
created to know/ worship God
⫸ List three reasons for seeing humanity as the pinnacle of God's
creation Answer: -end of the narrative
-the amount of narrative space that the creation of humanity takes
within the narrative
-the interruption in the pattern of wording established when
discussing the first five days of creation in Genesis 1
⫸ How would you describe the nature of work God gave to Adam in
the Garden of Eden Answer: - to keep up and work in the Garden
- kingly gardener and watchman
-expand the garden
⫸ The textbook and lecture make mention of Judges 21:25, "in those
days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his
own eyes" What does this refrain indicate about the spiritual state of
the people? Answer: humanity struggled with idolatry/ rebellion
against God - "doing what was right in their eyes"
⫸ Although created in the image of God, after the Fall humanity
became sinful by nature. How extensively does this "original sin" or