New Spirituality/Postmodernism

The belief that the world and human existence are without meaning, purpose, truth, or essential value.

New Spirituality is a worldview built of new concepts and new thought.

Postmodernists do not believe we can have objective knowledge

According to Postmodernism, the problem with humanity is our adherence to metanarratives

According to New Spirituality, everything is consciousness and everyone is God.

According to New Spirituality, the universe began with the Big Bang.

According to Postmodernism, human beings are what?

Which theory shares the rejection of the fallen nature of humans?

The belief that good is returned to those who do good, and evil is returned to those who do evil.

According to Postmodernism, universal truth can be known

A group of people who practiced constructing persuasive arguments, regardless of whether or not they were true

What is the goal of reincarnation

Postmodernism asserts that all worldviews offer unbiased truth claims about reality.

The Ancient Hindu text that chronicles the conversations between Arjuna and Krishna

A method of literary analysis that seeks to expose the underlying ideologies of a text.

The art of focusing one's mind to induce a higher state of consciousness.

Which of the following religions agree with the New Spiritualist belief that the physical world is an illusion

New Spirituality teaches that consciousness can not be harnessed to achieve perfection.

According to Postmodernism, truth is what?

New Spiritualists believe that we can permanently free ourselves from the illusion of self by achieving enlightenment

Which of the following statements agree with the "law of attraction"

According to Postmodernism, which of the following affect how we see the world?

Postmodernists doubt the objectivity of which of the following disciplines?

The process by which the body passes away but the soul continues in its quest for enlightenment in another form.

The belief that everything is God

We can transcend the limitations of our physical existence by connecting with higher consciousness

According to New Spirituality, the primary source of revelation is found in the Bible

The philosopher Friederich Nietzsche was a strong opponent of postmodernism.

The purpose of life for most New Spiritualists is overcoming “self”

contends communication is not about things but about the views and motivations of those involved in the conversation.

Which characteristic accurately describes New Spirituality's view of reality

Which of the following religions agree with the New Spiritualist belief that the physical world is an illusion

All of the following have contributed to the New Spirituality worldview except

Which term is synonymous with New Spirituality

According to Postmodernism, language functions as what?

What is the central idea of postmodernism?

Poststructuralism insists we cannot know the world directly.

believes human knowledge is not based on an accurate understanding of reality but is the product of constructed language

a strong belief in human reason, empiricism, science, and technological progress as well as skepticism toward religion.

movement from the early 1800’s that believed in the inherent goodness of people

Postmodernism accepts scientific explanations of reality

The god of New Spirituality is not a separate person with identifiable attributes.

New Spiritualists believe we can be temporarily free from the illusion of self through practicing: