THEO 525 Quiz 1
THEO 525 Quiz 1 Liberty
Introduction and Issues in Systematic Theology
Covers the Learn and Textbook material from Module 1: Week 1 — Module 2: Week 2.
- Which of the following would not be considered to be a characteristic of “Modernism”:
- In answering the accusations of “meaninglessness” with respect to theological language, Erickson tends to agree more with Ramsey than with Ferre or Hordern.
- Rudolf Bultmann introduced the beginning of a movement known as:
- Natural Theology is the effort to discern truth about God from from resources outside of the Bible.
- This individual is considered to be the founder of modernism:
- Match the following George Lindbeck Religion is a matter of “feeling” Religion is clearly pragmatic John Hick
- Which of the following said that religion is a matter of moral judgments?
- Which of the following is NOT given as one of the characteristics of modern theologies:
- Which of the following suggests that the study of theology is needful?
- Fill in the blank to complete Erickson’s analogy: Theology is to religion what .
- As developed by Gabler, biblical theology attempted to make a distinction between
- Using Elwell’s text, match the following (Constructing a theology): Paul Tillich Reformed Thomas Aquinas Karl Barth
- Which of the following is not discussed in Erickson as one of the answers as to the “abiding element” of Christianity?
- Two Greek philosophers who greatly influenced the writings of the early church fathers were:
- Modernity is characterized by an emphasis on rationality and certainty.
- Match the following: Classical Objectivistism Richard Rorty William James Coherence View of Truth
- Which of the following would not be considered to be a characteristic of “Postmodernism”:
- The study of the doctrine of God is also called:
- Arrange the following in the proper order of Authority as given in Erickson (one is the highest and four is the lowest). Inductive Conclusions Speculations Direct Statements of Scripture Probable Implications
- Immanuel Kant restricted religion to the realm of “Practical reason.”
- The view that the idea of God’s existence is a rational intuition and does not require a proof in systematic theology is held by which of the following writer?
- According to Demarest, which of the following affirms why the church undertakes the task of systematic theology?
- Which of the following is not related to “Process Theology”:
- VanderMolen noted that pragmatism was a philosophy promoted by
- Which view dominated thinking from the eighteenth through the late twentieth centuries, emphasizing rationality and certainty?