Worldviews

In this worldview, God is a personal being who cares for each person

What did Thomas Paine believe about revealed truths such as the Bible?

Worldview which had a Deistic view of God, one which does not intervene in human history

Why did St. Cardinal Bellarmine believe the Bible and science could not contradict each other?

Believed we must create our own nature because there is no God to give us a nature

worldview was so positive about human potential it thought disease and poverty would be gone

The main focus of this worldview is individual autonomy

What does the term Enlightenment refer to?  What has become enlightened and how?

What event caused Enlightenment thinkers to have such a negative view of religion?

Why do Sartre and Nietsche believe man must make up his own rules of morality

Believes the only source of knowledge is through science.

Someone who states it may not be possible to attain truth with certainty is a beleiver in :

If those in the 17th and 18th centuries are Enlightened, what were people in prior centuries?

The main reason post-modernism does not see human life as particularly valuable is:

The Middle Ages were highly influenced by: 

In this worldview, science has become most important because it leads to technological advances

Believes religions are a social construct the powerful used to control the masses

In this worldview religion should not have any influence on society

Since the Church is the Body of Christ, individuals must submit to her authority

This worldview saw art as a way to get closer to God and give God glory

Worldview that has man as the created center of the universe

The problem with materialism and scientism is leads to ___________ view of the human person

Believed we could not have certain knowledge since our minds only have a copy of reality

Philosophy that states the only objective way of knowing reality is through empiricism

in the modern worldview man is important because

Moral truths are known through the laws seen within our human nature

Evidence of the importance of placed on human potential in the modern worldview is:

Who was trying to find "certain knowledge" like what is found in science?

Since the focus is on the individual, the purpose of art is individual expression

The most influential philosopher of modern times and the father of relativism:

With the knowledge of the near infinite nature of the universe, man is seen as insignificant

Since all truth is constructed, the purpose of the artist is to create without any rules

Thought, like many Enlightenment thinkers, that Christianity caused wars and death.

Believed knowledge could come from both revealed truths and philosophy

Believed man must be a superman imposing his will on the world of morality since - no God

The optimism of this worldview is evident with the

What does a worldview help people do?

How did the collapse of feudalism help create the Modern Worldview?

Because the focus was on this world, the purpose of art was to mirror reality

What do the Greek/Roman culture and the Renaissance have in common?