2025 Christian Thought from Start to Finish

"Right doctrine" or "right belief" are known as orthodoxy.

Keywords like "Karen" are a primary way people "indicate their group affililations or disaffiliations."

This virtue is concerned with fairness.

Which type of revelation is about God revealing more of Himself over time?

Which term means "right practice"?

Normative--> Relativistic--> the consensus of people at a particular time and place

One requirement for a writing to be included in the New Testament was that it had to be used universally.

Which of the following is NOT on Maimonides's list of key Jewish beliefs?

Which group would assert that evil is just a part of the universe and a matter of perspective?

A Christian understanding of truth involves both reason and revelation.

The ability to "hold it together" when listening to someone you strongly disagree with.

The destructive earthquake brings the community together.

Moral reflection is "waking up" to moral experience, to being a moral agent.

What worldview question is our focus for this unit?

What term means "God is not limited by time"?

The "end point" of the world around us and of human history is that God will dwell with mankind.

Which term means that God is timelessy eternal, unchanging in character and purpose?

Deism presupposes that the matter of the universe is the "most real thing."

Which major ethical system is concerned with the meaning of moral language?

Which of the following did Siddhartha NOT see on his journeys beyond the palace?

T/F: Shiite Muslims are the larger, less conservative group of Muslims.

What caused the Buddha's death?

T/F: Many Christians, Jews, and Muslims practice fasting.

The (false?) idea that we can somehow look into the past and see when something became inevitable.

This 4th century theologian wrote Confessions and The City of God.

Which is NOT one of the original languages of the Bible?

Which unit was for "thinking about reason"?

No concept of eternal judgment can be found in the New Testament.

"Glory to God Alone"

Which worldview question is our primary focus for this quarter?

A judgment made because it was good or bad for you, not because you ought to have done it.

What terms means "God is everywhere by nature of his knowledge and activity"?

There is a strong connection between divine command and virtue theory in Christian ethics.

Which is NOT part of the definition of a worldview?

T/F: Premises and conclusions are necessary statements for an argument.

What does RCO stand for?

Normative--> Deontological--> Based on how people know to act (even if they don't do it , AKA the moral law)

Illumination is the belief that the Spirit helps us understand and do the Word of God.

Which is not a Hindu holiday?

Which major ethical system is concerned with character formation?

Which is NOT a major worldview question?

In ancient Greek thinking, eudaimonia was the happy, good life.

Which movement in Judaism is considered the most liberal?

Which of the following "jewels" is the "teaching"?

Intersectionality is when someone belongs to more than one oppressed group and is called to their common cause.

In Hinduism, he is the first creator.

Like ancient temples, people bearing God's image mark this world as being God's world.

To which Normative subset does Utilitarianism belong?

Which kind of manuscript is more reliable?

He helped lead the Zionist movement.

In Hinduism, final release is called moksha. In Buddhism, it is called nirvana.

Live "by faith" and follow Jesus, the "pioneer and perfecter."

This fallacy has been committed when irrelevant information is treated as if it were important.

Which argument suggests that the universe is the work of an intelligent designer?

An inductive argument is necessarily true.

Making a decision based on the Bible is an example of which part of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral?

Cammy robs a bank of $1,000,000.

Which 5-Minute Find was the first time the Hebrew Old Testament was translated into Greek?

Which argument asserts that things in the universe are like man-made machines?

"An agreement that political adversaries ought to abide by the same rules" in order to maintain order.

What question should Christians ask about life in the fifth act?

Remember Abraham, Samuel, and Moses, and the prophets: God is not caught off guard by the death of Jesus.

This grading category is about remembering.

Multiverse Theory suggests that we are all just simulations in some futuristic computer simulation.

Which ethical system is most concerned with someone's character?

The term the Bible uses to describe mankind's fallen nature.

Christians shouldn't really consider themselves stewards of the world God created.

This term from the Reformation means "faith alone."

The Septuagint was also known as the XXL.

Which worldview question helps us know what to expect about the way the world works?

The name for how one classifies different things into categories.

T/F: All three theistic religions assert that Jesus is part of the Trinity.

Which worldview question is important because it helps us know what we can rely on as we experience the world?

Which of the following is the second premise of the classical argument for evil?

This ancient Greek philosophy encouraged "rising above" the pains and pleasures of this life in the pursuit of virtue.

Heresy that says Jesus' body was actually an illusion, so he didn't really suffer.

These are the commentaries on the Vedas.

Clothing and fringes worn as reminders of God's commandments.

Which term means "God possesses all the power that a being can possess"?

Which argument suggests that God's existence is either necessary or impossible?

This New Testament passage is NOT from Act Four of the Biblical Story.

T/F: Logic uses proofs and arguments to show something to be true or false.

Gnosticism asserts that everyone has easy access to secret knowledge and can transcend this false world.

In the Creation-to-Consummation Framework, this is where you offer correctives and improvements.

"You were bought with a price" and "honor God with your bodies."

"Faith Alone"

Who was the monastic scholar who first articulated the ontological argument?

"Sunk costs" are "unrecoverable investments" that shape our decisions.

A collection of books used by some Catholics that includes 1st Maccabees.

According to the notes, which of the following was NOT a time that Jesus dealt with the question of evil?

In both Hinduism and Buddhism, the soul is called this.

Which term means that God is unlimited in being and capacity?

In Hinduism, artha is the wheel of existence.

Metaethics is concerned with the meaning and usage of moral language.

Which kind of judgment is more about "ought" than about "good for me"?

According to Charles Taylor, BUFFERED selves are open to the experience of something beyond themselves.

Which is NOT a name for a meeting place in Judaism?

Which group is known for being mystics in the Muslim faith?

Which argument suggests God must exist because ethical obligations exist?

Wisdom is the grading category for communicating.

You went to the store this morning. This afternoon, merchandise was missing. Therefore, you stole the merchandise.

A complex good is when something bad comes from something good (but it doesn't justify the bad).

This grading category is for communicating.

Christians should concern themselves with revelation (while having nothing to do with reason).

"Live by the Spirit" and "nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus."

Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" suggests that shadows are the real thing.

This religious view saw the spiritual as good and the physical as bad.

This Old Testmanet passage is NOT from the third act of the Biblical Story

Louis Farrakhan leads the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

"Adversaries of Utopia" are people who don't believe the world can be totally fixed (like some do).

Which is not one of the three poisons in Buddhism?

Which is NOT part of the definition of a worldview?

Which Normative subset is concerned with the end results of an action?

Which is NOT a place of pilgrimage for a Buddhist?

The cosmological argument for God's existence can help us see that even right and wrong are contingent on God.

"Waking up" to being a moral person in a moral world.

Which of the following is NOT considered a sacred text?

N. T. Wright suggests that Scripture is a key way God exercises His authority.

Looking forward; working towards resolving an ethical issue.

Thomas Aquinas helped articulate these two arguments.

In both Hinduism and Buddhism, yoga is a way of practicing control, particularly over the body.

Which is NOT something the story of the Ethiopian Eunuch communicates about the Bible.

Which worldview asserts that we are all extensions of the universe?

This act of the Biblical Story is a period of escalating evil.

T/F: Maimonides lived in Al-Andalus, also known as Muslim France.

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for the Jewish Mashiach?

Which worldview asserts that the universe is the most real thing?

Inspiration is the belief that God prompted the writers of the Bible to communicate the truth of God.

What do you call it when the form of an argument is correct?

The theistic form of the evidential argument concludes that "there is no God."

Pantheistic Monism presupposes that we are all simply extensions of the universe.

This grading category is about applying what you've learned to life.

Who asserted that evil is a problem of mixing the MORAL and the MYSTERIOUS?

To which Normative subset does Moral Subjectivism belong?

Jesus experiences personal, systemic, and supernatural suffering.

The Genetic Fallacy occurs when you make a comparison that doesn't really communicate because things aren't equal.

Which is considered more reliable?

Which argument spoke of "that than which nothing greater can be conceived"?

What do you call it when an argument is valid and true?

Heresy that says Jesus was not part of the Trinity, just a moral man "set apart" by God at his baptism or resurrection.

Heresy that denies Jesus was human with a body; condemns the God of the Old Testament.

T/F: The greater jihad is not the internal struggle but the struggle against socio-political enemies.

Which thinker helped articulate both the Comsological and Teleological arguments?

Christians believe the Most Real Thing exists as a Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Making a decision about a current event after consulting newspapers and statistics is an example of what quadrant?

Morals is the process of determining right and wrong.

Which worldview question deals with order and chaos?

Dialectic is the grading category for remembering.

New Age Thought presupposes that life is meaningless and therefore absurd.

Our fifth unit of study is about reason.

Which of the following is NOT one of Henri Blocher's perspective on the death of Jesus?

Which is not a miracle said to be performed by the Buddha?

These texts are common to Hinduism and Buddhism.

What kind of argument has a conclusion that is more likely true?

This fallacy is concerned with hypocrisy.

To which Normative subset does Divine Command belong?

A collection of books/writings/events that are considered authoritative.

Which argument suggests that the universe is a contingent thing depending on a necessary God?

In the Creation-to-Consummation Framework, this is where you affirm what is true and beautiful.

Assumptions that are the result of "considered, rational, and critical thought."

This ethical system specific involves legislation, laws, and rights.

Which term means "God's existence depends on nothing outside itself to perpetuate itself"?

When someone argues with a view no one actually holds.

The Bhagavad Gita is an example of a Hindu Upanishad.

Which 5-Minute Find included parts of every Old Testament book except Esther?

Utilitarianism is when you do what is best for yourself.

Our third unit of study in this course involves thinking about experience.

What cardinal virtue is also known as courage?

This part of the unit framework includes things like Purim, Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah, Eid al-Fitr, and Easter.

Which Normative subset is also known as "duty ethics"?

Which concept is about thinking that is quick and intuitive?

Which worldview question has secondary questions like "is it God?" and "are there multiple gods?"

Athanasius wrote a letter that defined and closed the New Testament canon.

Hebrews 2 reminds us that Jesus is able to help us in our suffering because he suffered, too.

Which of the following is NOT a place of worship in Hinduism?

The first major writings in Hinduism.

This, based on action, moves us up or down the wheel of existence.

The Gospel of Thomas casts Judas as a "hero" in the story of Jesus.

Settled convictions are important: "we can't make progress until somethings are no longer up for grabs."

Which part of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral is concerned with making choices based on personal life events?