Which worldview was clearly dominant in the Western world up to the end of the 17th Century?
Theism
Shakespeare's later plays suggest that he found the world to be ultimately . . .
meaningful
What is the worldview that is foundational, the one from which all others developing between 1700 and 1900 essentially derive?
Theism
Which of the following is NOT a basic issue that the author considers with each worldview in the text?
-the nature or character of God
-the nature of the universe
-the basis of ethics
-the nature of humanity
-none of the above
-all of the above
none of the above
[True/False] During the period from the early Middle ages to the end of the seventeenth century, very few challenged the existence of God.
True
[True/False] Being born in the Western world today guarantees you to have a Christian Worldview.
False
[True/False] The author, James Sire, states that, "It is fitting, therefore, that we bag in a study of worldviews with theism."
True
[True/False] God is infinite" Means that God is beyond scope, beyond measure, as far as we're concerned.
True
[True/False] Sire states that God Really is a mere force of energy or an existent substance.
False
[True/False] God is not only personal, but triune.
True
[Define] God is Infinite
The only self-existent being
[Define] God is personal
He knows Himself to be, and He possesses the characteristics of self-determination
[Define] God is transcendent
God is beyond us and our world
[Define] God is immanent
God is with us
[Define] God is omniscient
God is all-knowing
[Define] God is sovereign
Nothing is beyond God's ultimate interest, control and authority
What is the prime statement about God's character?
God is Good
What are the two ways in which God's goodness is expressed?
Holiness and Love
What is the 1st Purpose of this class and our textbook?
To outline the basic worldviews that underlie the way we in the Western World think
What is the 2nd Purpose of this class and our textbook?
To trace historically how these Worldviews have developed
What is the 3rd Purpose of this class and our textbook?
To show how postmodernism puts a twist on these worldviews
What is the 4th Purpose of this class and our textbook?
To encourage us all to think in terms of worldviews
List the 7 Worldview Words.
Metaphysics
External Reality
Man
Death
Epistemology
Ethics
Purpose
List the 7 Worldview Questions
What is Prime-Reality?
What is the nature of External Reality?
What is the nature of humanity?
What happens to a person after death?
How is it possible to know truth?
How do we know what is right or wrong?
What is the purpose of history?
What is the 8th worldview question given by the author?
What personal, life-orienting core commitments are consistent with this worldview?
God created the universe ex nihilo which means He created the universe . . .
Out of nothing
Which of the following is NOT part of being made in God's image?
-personality
-self-transcendence
-intelligence
-morality
-desire and need for human companionship
-none of the above
None of the Above
What is the chief thing about human beings?
Personality
Which of the following is NOT a way God fulfills our ultimate longing.
-by satisfying our longing for interpersonal relationship
-by being the end to our search for knowledge
-by being the refuge from all fear
-by causing me to feel good about my self-esteem
-by being both the source of our creative imagination and the ultimate beauty we seek to reflect as we ourselves create
-none of the above
by causing me to feel good about my self-esteem
[True/False] The course of the world's operation is open to reordering by either God or humans.
True
[True/False] Theism declares that the universe is orderly but not determined.
True
[True/False] We are personal because God is personal.
True
[True/False] Since God is unlimited, he can lie if He chooses to.
False
[True/False] Artistic inventiveness is a reflection of God's unbounded capacity to create.
True
[True/False] Human dignity is derived from God.
True
[Define] Sir Philip Sidney
To honor human creativity is to honor God. For God is the --heavenly Maker of that Maker--
[Define] Augustine
Our hearts are restless till we rest in Thee(God)
[Define] Pascal
There is a God-Shaped vacuum in the heart of every man
[Define] Helmut Thielicke
God does not love us because we are so valuable; we are valuable because God loves us
[Define] The Word
Logos
[Define] Psalm 19
The Heavens declare the glory of God
What is God's ultimate special revelation?
Jesus Christ
The story of creation and the fall is told in . . .
The first 3 Chapters of Genesis
What is the core commitment of Christian theists?
to glorify God and enjoy Him forever
The fullest embodiment of the good is . . .
Jesus Christ
[True/False] Through the Fall the image of God became defaced.
True
[True/False] Theologians have summed up the essence of fallen humanity as we have become alienated from God, form others, from nature and even from ourselves.
True
[True/False] Redeemed Humanity is humanity totally healed and at peace with God, and individuals at peace with others and themselves.
False
[True/False] In theism human beings are seen as significant because they are essentially godlike and though fallen can be restored to original Dignity.
True
[True/False] God is the source of the moral world as well as the physical world.
True
[True/False] History has meaning because God is behind all events.
True
[Define] G.K. Chesterton
Hell is a monument to human freedom
[Define] History
The divine purpose of God in concrete form
[Define] Ethics
Transcendent and based on the character of God as good (holy and loving)
[Define] Romans 8:28
"All things ... for the good of those who love Him. Who have been called according to His purpose."
[Define] Matthew 6:33
"Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness."
Human history can be subsumed under four words. State those words in order.
Creation, Fall, Redemption, Glorification
From page 46 state the central tenet (belief) of Christian Theism.
The greatness of God
