REL2121 Midterm || Solved Correctly.
What is religion? correct answers hierarchical (structures, steps,etc) pursuit of a greater
(alternative, different?) reality, ideal, personal, or communal state
J.Z. Smith's Definition of Religion correct answers religion has no independent existence apart
from the academy; it was created to explain things
Anthological Religion correct answers studying people, their beliefs, behaviors, and institutions
-how do people perform these things, why, what institutions are build around it
Descriptive Religion correct answers descriptive rather than normative on a way people ought to
live
Comparative Religion correct answers act of comparison is academic study of religion;
systematic comparison of religions
Non-Evaluative Comparative Method correct answers comparing without saying one is right or
better
Qualifications IRS correct answers tradition, been around for x amount of years, has to be a
meeting place, sacred text, system of faith and worship, leads to institutions and traditions
Major Colonial Groups correct answers -Puritans
-Congregationalism
-Presbyterianism
-Baptists
-Anglican
-Quakerism
,How did Puritans understand their journey to the new world? correct answers -They thought they
had the purest form of Christianity and it was their duty given the wonderfulness of American to
be the city upon a hill and civilize everyone else, be the beacon of hope
-For the Puritans, New England was an enchanted universe with richly textured signs and
occurrences
-Puritans worried about the "howling wilderness" of the New World with its unknown dangers
and threats
-John Winthrop's speech "A Model of Christian Charity" was given aboard the Arbella, not long
before reaching New England.
-Puritans believed they were the chosen people brought by God to a promised land at just the
moment in time when the prospects for a renewed Christianity in England were dim and the
likelihood of a flowering purified Christianity in America was good
-Close knot communities built around individualized notion of Sola Fides (through faith alone)
and Sola Scriptura (through scripture alone)
-Predestination, not sure of fate, but if you lived in accordance to God, it was a good sign
How was the family central to their mission? correct answers -Marriage was a contract, divorce
only of contract was broken (announcement, formal contract, feast and sexual union)
-Rational love was a requirement, love for God, then spouse, then world.
-Wives held no property, supposed to be generous for men
-Children educated by father, girl could still be educated
-Children's misbehavior was a threat to community
, Order of Creation correct answers -Hierarchial, but not consensual
-God above humans
-Humans above creatures
-Husbands over wives, no single men
-Masters over slaves
-Ministers above congregation (illegal to miss church)
-Parents above children
-God's love above marital love
God > humans > husbands > masters > ministers > parents > God's love
First Generation Puritans correct answers Half-way covenants
-Children born to parents who were full members were already half saved, they just need to
convert (ecstatic experience of grace)
Second Generation Puritans correct answers -Secondary generation Puritans were not having
conversions, so community of Half-Way covenant in 1663 set up
-Puritans now accepting half members were no longer pure
What is the Atlantic World? correct answers The exchange, circulation and transmission of
people, goods, and culture of continents that bordered the Atlantic Ocean
-Triangular Trade
-Culture Diffusion
-Middle Passage
-Ocean as a bridge, not a barrier, to international colonial development
-Blending and exchanging of religion
What is religion? correct answers hierarchical (structures, steps,etc) pursuit of a greater
(alternative, different?) reality, ideal, personal, or communal state
J.Z. Smith's Definition of Religion correct answers religion has no independent existence apart
from the academy; it was created to explain things
Anthological Religion correct answers studying people, their beliefs, behaviors, and institutions
-how do people perform these things, why, what institutions are build around it
Descriptive Religion correct answers descriptive rather than normative on a way people ought to
live
Comparative Religion correct answers act of comparison is academic study of religion;
systematic comparison of religions
Non-Evaluative Comparative Method correct answers comparing without saying one is right or
better
Qualifications IRS correct answers tradition, been around for x amount of years, has to be a
meeting place, sacred text, system of faith and worship, leads to institutions and traditions
Major Colonial Groups correct answers -Puritans
-Congregationalism
-Presbyterianism
-Baptists
-Anglican
-Quakerism
,How did Puritans understand their journey to the new world? correct answers -They thought they
had the purest form of Christianity and it was their duty given the wonderfulness of American to
be the city upon a hill and civilize everyone else, be the beacon of hope
-For the Puritans, New England was an enchanted universe with richly textured signs and
occurrences
-Puritans worried about the "howling wilderness" of the New World with its unknown dangers
and threats
-John Winthrop's speech "A Model of Christian Charity" was given aboard the Arbella, not long
before reaching New England.
-Puritans believed they were the chosen people brought by God to a promised land at just the
moment in time when the prospects for a renewed Christianity in England were dim and the
likelihood of a flowering purified Christianity in America was good
-Close knot communities built around individualized notion of Sola Fides (through faith alone)
and Sola Scriptura (through scripture alone)
-Predestination, not sure of fate, but if you lived in accordance to God, it was a good sign
How was the family central to their mission? correct answers -Marriage was a contract, divorce
only of contract was broken (announcement, formal contract, feast and sexual union)
-Rational love was a requirement, love for God, then spouse, then world.
-Wives held no property, supposed to be generous for men
-Children educated by father, girl could still be educated
-Children's misbehavior was a threat to community
, Order of Creation correct answers -Hierarchial, but not consensual
-God above humans
-Humans above creatures
-Husbands over wives, no single men
-Masters over slaves
-Ministers above congregation (illegal to miss church)
-Parents above children
-God's love above marital love
God > humans > husbands > masters > ministers > parents > God's love
First Generation Puritans correct answers Half-way covenants
-Children born to parents who were full members were already half saved, they just need to
convert (ecstatic experience of grace)
Second Generation Puritans correct answers -Secondary generation Puritans were not having
conversions, so community of Half-Way covenant in 1663 set up
-Puritans now accepting half members were no longer pure
What is the Atlantic World? correct answers The exchange, circulation and transmission of
people, goods, and culture of continents that bordered the Atlantic Ocean
-Triangular Trade
-Culture Diffusion
-Middle Passage
-Ocean as a bridge, not a barrier, to international colonial development
-Blending and exchanging of religion
