World Religion/118 Questions and
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religion - -PAUL TILLICH: "Religion is the state of being grasped by an
ultimate concern and contains the answer to the question of the meaning of
life."
1. Latin "religio" means something done with OVER-ANXIOUS or
SCRUPULOUS attention to detail.
2. May come from RELIGARE, meaning to bind things closely together.
3. WELL-FORMED religion is existentially satisfying because it addresses the
whole range of basic human concerns and needs and integrates life..
4. WELL-PRACTICED religion results in walking the talk.
5. As GOD'S project, Christianity is NOT a religion; as a human response to
God, it is a religion.
6. It points to something OUTSIDE us to which we look for DELIVERANCE, and
in which we place HOPE (which everyone does).
7. Religious COMMUNITIES form around common practices and beliefs
(ETHICS, COSMOLOGY, RITUALS, etc.) and who live in special ways to pass
WISDOM on.
8. 3/4 of the world belongs to a religion. It appears to be innate, like
language. Many are willing to die for it.
-religion (alt.) - -1. Religion is the human RESPONSE to the DIVINE, or the
allegedly divine, revelation.
2. It involves various ACTS and ATTITUDES - prayer, guilt, quest for salvation,
service, etc.
3. Religion refers to the UNIVERSAL human characteristic of making
something, or someone, ULTIMATE in our lives, and pursuing the object of
our devotion as the ultimate GOOD.
4. Every person, then, is religious. God made all people with a religious
RECEPTACLE at our core.
Calvin said all have a sense of divinity and the seed of religion.
5. God has put these in the heart of every person. There is within the human
mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an AWARENESS of divinity -- that there
is a God and that he is our Maker.
-image of God - -An image is not the actual thing but bears a resemblance.
So, to be created in the image of God means to be a created being with a
high degree of God's communicable attributes.
1. Humans were created in the image of
God (Genesis 1:27).
2. The image relates us to God and to other humans (family) and to nature
and culture (dominion and care).
,3. IMPLICATION: religion is UNIVERSAL and comprehensive in human life. All
humans are religious (deal with the God-shaped void and real life issues).
4. Religion is life lived in faith and obedience to some TRUSTED ULTIMATE.
5. Religion orients and AFFECTS ALL aspects of life, not just moral and
spiritual.
-general revelation - -1. A (non-verbal, non-saving) manifestation of God
that is universally present to ALL people.
2. The magnificence and order of NATURE, providential governance of
HISTORY, and the testimony of the human CONSCIENCE are the key
elements of general revelation.
3. The response of humans to this is called NATURAL RELIGION.
4. Even apart from Scripture, human beings are inclined to and capable of
producing a limited set of CORRECT CLAIMS concerning God, notably that he
EXISTS. It is also very human to pass on these claims in narrative or mythic
form.
-imagination and revelation - -1. imagination: the ABILITY of the mind to be
creative or resourceful
2. revelation: the divine or supernatural DISCLOSURE to humans of
something relating to human existence or the world.
-the "evolution" of religion - -1. An NATURALISTIC explanation of the origin
of religion.
2. In a Darwinian world, religious behavior - just like other behaviors - is
likely to have undergone a process of NATURAL SELECTION in which it was
rewarded in reproductive success. (Whatever helps one survive is passed
on.)
3. This is the so-called GOD GENE.
-sacred texts - -1. Most religions have religious texts they view as RULES to
live a proper way of life, or LAWS given to humans by a god.
2. Some may also include the HISTORY of the religion in question.
3. Many religions and spiritual movements believe that their sacred texts are
wholly DIVINE or spiritually inspired in ORIGIN.
4.The names of sacred scriptures are often CAPATALIZED as a mark of
respect or tradition
-the Holy - -1. SACRED, pure, like God.
2. God is the source of holiness- 'to be SET APART'
3. God is absolutely separate from and exalted ABOVE all His creatures (and
creation)
4. He is equally SEPERATE from all moral evil and sin。
-transcendence/immanence - -1. On the face of it, the characteristics of
transcendence and immanence appear to be in CONFLICT.
, 2. A transcendent God is one who is BEYOND perception, independent of the
universe, and wholly 'OTHER' when compared to us.
3. An immanent God, is one which exists WITHIN — WITHIN us, WITHIN the
universe, etc. — and, hence, very much a part of our existence.
-inspiration - -1. the guidance of the Holy Spirit that enabled the human
authors to RECORD faithfully, and without error, what God wanted REVEALED
to us for our beliefs.
-Genesis 1-3 - -1. Genesis 1 -3 is the story of how God created the earth
(creating space and filling space) and the fall of man. Chapter one addresses
the creation of the heavens and earth in seven days. The second chapter is
the creation of Adam and then of Eve. The two of them live in the Garden of
Eden and are to follow one command, to not eat from the tree of knowledge
of good and evil. In chapter three, both Adam and Eve disobey God resulting
in the first sin which is known as the fall of man.
2. Humans were created in the image of God.
A. The image relates us to God.
B. The image relates us to other humans: gender, family, the human race,
society.
C. The image relates us to nature and culture: have dominion, care for the
Garden.
-Psalm 19 - -1. General revelation (1-6) and special revelation (7-14).
2. Through observation of nature, David sees the power and dignity of God.
3. Through the Word of God, David found the will of God, salvation.
The Lord declares his glory from the heavens to the earth. The law of the
Lord is perfect.
-Psalm 147 - -1. Doctrine of PROVIDENCE
2. Determines number of STARS and calls them by name
Weather imagery—rain clouds, snow, hail, breezes. He FEEDS the animals,
makes Jerusalem strong, CARES for his people.
3. Also, our appropriate RESPONSE—God delights in those who fear him.
-Acts 17 - -1. Paul said to Athens that they are very religious. They establish
an altar with the inscription, To AN UNKNOWN God.
2. Paul begins explaining who this unknown God is, using their cultural forms.
3. God had been active among them, but they suppressed the truth and
replaced him with other gods.
-Romans 1 - -1. Humans remain in the image of God in spite of spiritual and
social-cultural darkness.
2. Trust God's Word and Spirit in his providence of the fallen creation as a
basis for his saving grace.
Answers/100% Accurate
religion - -PAUL TILLICH: "Religion is the state of being grasped by an
ultimate concern and contains the answer to the question of the meaning of
life."
1. Latin "religio" means something done with OVER-ANXIOUS or
SCRUPULOUS attention to detail.
2. May come from RELIGARE, meaning to bind things closely together.
3. WELL-FORMED religion is existentially satisfying because it addresses the
whole range of basic human concerns and needs and integrates life..
4. WELL-PRACTICED religion results in walking the talk.
5. As GOD'S project, Christianity is NOT a religion; as a human response to
God, it is a religion.
6. It points to something OUTSIDE us to which we look for DELIVERANCE, and
in which we place HOPE (which everyone does).
7. Religious COMMUNITIES form around common practices and beliefs
(ETHICS, COSMOLOGY, RITUALS, etc.) and who live in special ways to pass
WISDOM on.
8. 3/4 of the world belongs to a religion. It appears to be innate, like
language. Many are willing to die for it.
-religion (alt.) - -1. Religion is the human RESPONSE to the DIVINE, or the
allegedly divine, revelation.
2. It involves various ACTS and ATTITUDES - prayer, guilt, quest for salvation,
service, etc.
3. Religion refers to the UNIVERSAL human characteristic of making
something, or someone, ULTIMATE in our lives, and pursuing the object of
our devotion as the ultimate GOOD.
4. Every person, then, is religious. God made all people with a religious
RECEPTACLE at our core.
Calvin said all have a sense of divinity and the seed of religion.
5. God has put these in the heart of every person. There is within the human
mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an AWARENESS of divinity -- that there
is a God and that he is our Maker.
-image of God - -An image is not the actual thing but bears a resemblance.
So, to be created in the image of God means to be a created being with a
high degree of God's communicable attributes.
1. Humans were created in the image of
God (Genesis 1:27).
2. The image relates us to God and to other humans (family) and to nature
and culture (dominion and care).
,3. IMPLICATION: religion is UNIVERSAL and comprehensive in human life. All
humans are religious (deal with the God-shaped void and real life issues).
4. Religion is life lived in faith and obedience to some TRUSTED ULTIMATE.
5. Religion orients and AFFECTS ALL aspects of life, not just moral and
spiritual.
-general revelation - -1. A (non-verbal, non-saving) manifestation of God
that is universally present to ALL people.
2. The magnificence and order of NATURE, providential governance of
HISTORY, and the testimony of the human CONSCIENCE are the key
elements of general revelation.
3. The response of humans to this is called NATURAL RELIGION.
4. Even apart from Scripture, human beings are inclined to and capable of
producing a limited set of CORRECT CLAIMS concerning God, notably that he
EXISTS. It is also very human to pass on these claims in narrative or mythic
form.
-imagination and revelation - -1. imagination: the ABILITY of the mind to be
creative or resourceful
2. revelation: the divine or supernatural DISCLOSURE to humans of
something relating to human existence or the world.
-the "evolution" of religion - -1. An NATURALISTIC explanation of the origin
of religion.
2. In a Darwinian world, religious behavior - just like other behaviors - is
likely to have undergone a process of NATURAL SELECTION in which it was
rewarded in reproductive success. (Whatever helps one survive is passed
on.)
3. This is the so-called GOD GENE.
-sacred texts - -1. Most religions have religious texts they view as RULES to
live a proper way of life, or LAWS given to humans by a god.
2. Some may also include the HISTORY of the religion in question.
3. Many religions and spiritual movements believe that their sacred texts are
wholly DIVINE or spiritually inspired in ORIGIN.
4.The names of sacred scriptures are often CAPATALIZED as a mark of
respect or tradition
-the Holy - -1. SACRED, pure, like God.
2. God is the source of holiness- 'to be SET APART'
3. God is absolutely separate from and exalted ABOVE all His creatures (and
creation)
4. He is equally SEPERATE from all moral evil and sin。
-transcendence/immanence - -1. On the face of it, the characteristics of
transcendence and immanence appear to be in CONFLICT.
, 2. A transcendent God is one who is BEYOND perception, independent of the
universe, and wholly 'OTHER' when compared to us.
3. An immanent God, is one which exists WITHIN — WITHIN us, WITHIN the
universe, etc. — and, hence, very much a part of our existence.
-inspiration - -1. the guidance of the Holy Spirit that enabled the human
authors to RECORD faithfully, and without error, what God wanted REVEALED
to us for our beliefs.
-Genesis 1-3 - -1. Genesis 1 -3 is the story of how God created the earth
(creating space and filling space) and the fall of man. Chapter one addresses
the creation of the heavens and earth in seven days. The second chapter is
the creation of Adam and then of Eve. The two of them live in the Garden of
Eden and are to follow one command, to not eat from the tree of knowledge
of good and evil. In chapter three, both Adam and Eve disobey God resulting
in the first sin which is known as the fall of man.
2. Humans were created in the image of God.
A. The image relates us to God.
B. The image relates us to other humans: gender, family, the human race,
society.
C. The image relates us to nature and culture: have dominion, care for the
Garden.
-Psalm 19 - -1. General revelation (1-6) and special revelation (7-14).
2. Through observation of nature, David sees the power and dignity of God.
3. Through the Word of God, David found the will of God, salvation.
The Lord declares his glory from the heavens to the earth. The law of the
Lord is perfect.
-Psalm 147 - -1. Doctrine of PROVIDENCE
2. Determines number of STARS and calls them by name
Weather imagery—rain clouds, snow, hail, breezes. He FEEDS the animals,
makes Jerusalem strong, CARES for his people.
3. Also, our appropriate RESPONSE—God delights in those who fear him.
-Acts 17 - -1. Paul said to Athens that they are very religious. They establish
an altar with the inscription, To AN UNKNOWN God.
2. Paul begins explaining who this unknown God is, using their cultural forms.
3. God had been active among them, but they suppressed the truth and
replaced him with other gods.
-Romans 1 - -1. Humans remain in the image of God in spite of spiritual and
social-cultural darkness.
2. Trust God's Word and Spirit in his providence of the fallen creation as a
basis for his saving grace.
