Christian Theology & Ethics Introduction UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Christian Theology & Ethics Introduction
Christian Theology & Ethics Introduction
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER- The study of the source of knowledge, such as
laws, family, books, etc.
Metaphysics - CORRECT ANSWER- The study of the nature of existence and why
physics is the way it...
Christian Theology & Ethics Introduction
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The study of the source of knowledge, such as
laws, family, books, etc.
Metaphysics - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The study of the nature of existence and why
physics is the way it is
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The defining characteristics of a people or a culture (the
laws of a people)
Aesthetics - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The study of value in art and beauty
Logic - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The study of reasoning and rhetoric, including writing
and speaking
Ontology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The study of the nature of being, including the nature
of the world onto which one exists
Cosmogony - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The story of how creation came to be and where we
came from, often described with common images and metaphors
(everything starts with chaos, breath or wind that brings life into being, naming)
Original Sin - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The disobedience to God, such as eating the fruit of
the tree, leading to default expectations of humans being made to sin
Theodicy - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The explanation of why evil exists
Sapien - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The Latin word for knowledge, as in Homo sapiens,
meaning 'wise man'
, Cosmogonies - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Different mirrored creation stories, such as
Genesis 1 vs. Genesis 2, with variations in the order of creation and naming
Naming - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The act of giving something a name, which is believed
to bring it into existence
Hume's Fork - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The idea that there are only two ways to see free
will: living in a deterministic world or having complete free will
Pelagius - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A figure who believed in the absence of original sin
and emphasized human free will and responsibility for moral activity
St. Augustine - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An influential figure who argued for original sin,
the predetermined nature of life, and the concept of grace leading to good acts
Normative Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The study of ethical action, including virtue,
eudaimonism, deontological, and utilitarian approaches
Sermon on the Mount / Beatitudes - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A key teaching of Jesus in
the Bible, addressing ethical principles and virtues
Deontology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The ethical idea that one has a duty and should
follow it regardless of consequences, exemplified by Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative
Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The ethical theory that actions are right if they are
useful or for the benefit of the majority, often associated with maximizing happiness and
pleasure
Egoism - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The ethical theory that one's self-interest is the
foundation of morality
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