Test Review - The Battle of Ideas

Christianity believes "matter before mind" is superior to the atheistic stance of "mind preceding matter".

Believes humans are at the center of reality.

A pattern of ideas, beliefs, convictions, that help us make sense of our relationship to God and the world.

System of beliefs that attempts to define the nature of God and how human beings understand and interact with the divine

Seeks to answer how people in the past acted to theology, philosophy, ethics, biology, etc...

The study of life.

Views history as a struggle between "the haves" and "the have nots".

Claims metanarratives become so compelling that people stop quetioning them leading to oppression and destruction.

Engaging in a process of examining exactly what causes people to fall under the spell of various metanarratives.

Old English word for Law, which refers to the rules or ordinances by which we are governed.

The study of God

The integration of the ten disciplines into society has come to be known as Eastern civilization.

Believes Jesus Christ is God incarnate, and His life is at the center of the human story.

Means "the rule of a city"

Latin term means "the art of running a household".

Means love of wisdom

The secret to understanding the world of ideas is:

Greek word from which we get our word "society"

Christianity believes that the concept of a living God creating life fits the evidence better than macroevolution.

The Greek word for "soul"

There are hundreds of worldviews.

Began on Sept 24th AD 622 when 70 muhajirum pledged loyalty to an Arabian trader who revieced revelations from Allah

Means "whole body"

Greek word for "goodness"

A free-flowing combination of Eastern religions, paganism, and pseudoscience taht pops up in odd places.