Human Nature (Anthropology) - answer✔The line of study and inquiry that deals with the
origins, nature, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs
and beliefs of humankind. (What does it mean to be a human being?)
Agnosticism - answer✔In response to the question, "Is there a God?" Agnosticism answers, "I
don't know." Often agnostics will add "One cannot know."
Correspondence view of truth - answer✔Understands the truthfulness of beliefs and
propositional statements in terms of their consistency or inconsistency with reality. Something
is true in so far as it accurately corresponds with what actually is.
Theology - answer✔The field of study and analysis of God and of God's attributes and relations
to the universe; study of divine things or religious truth; divinity. (Is there a God? What is God
like?)
Metaphysics - answer✔The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality/universe.
(What is the nature of the universe?)
Epistemology - answer✔The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and origin of
knowledge. (Can we know? How do we know what we know?)
Ethics - answer✔That branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with
respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of
the motives and ends of such actions. (What is right and wrong? How is it determined?)
Atheism - answer✔The belief there is no God or unbelief in the existence of God. In response to
the question, "Is there a God?" Atheism answers, "No."
Theism - answer✔In response to the question, "Is there a God?" Theism answers, "Yes." Theism
believes in one personal god as the creator and ruler of the universe, who is involved with and
relates to the world.
Deism - answer✔In response to the question, "Is there a God?" Deism answers, "Yes." Deism
believes in one creator God, who is not involved in the world.
Pantheism - answer✔In response to the question, "Is there a God?" Pantheism answers, "Yes,
kind of." Pantheism believes that everything is God; God is everything. There is no distinction
between creator and creation. God is a term used to describe the life force or consciousness of
the universe.
Monism - answer✔(in metaphysics) Any of various theories holding that there is only one basic
substance as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element. This can be either
physical/material (naturalism or materialism) or spiritual/immaterial (pantheism).
Dualism - answer✔(in metaphysics) Any of various theories holding that there are two basic
substances as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of both the material or immaterial.
Sole Authority Model - answer✔View of the relationship between faith and learning. This views
sees faith and learning in an antagonistic relationship. It is reflected in views that prefer faith
over reason or reason over faith. One has to give way to the other.
Separate Authority Model - answer✔View of the relationship between faith and learning. This
views the two as equally authoritative and overlapping such that they should be combined to
discover more truth. For example, the mixing of biblical principles with psychological theories.
Foundational Authority Model - answer✔View of the relationship between faith and learning.
This view sees faith as a necessary foundation for learning. Each person comes to learning with
beliefs and must exercise trust, but that faith provides the foundation to reason, test, and seek
greater understanding.
Three Tests of a Worldview - answer✔1) Coherence (Logical Consistency - e.g., philosophy &
logic)
2) Correspondence (Evidence/Experience - e.g., science, history, data, etc.)
3) Practical (Existential Satisfaction/Ethical - e.g., moral implications and foundations)
Textual Criticism - answer✔The scholarly discipline of restoring ancient texts as close as is
possible to their original form through the analysis and comparison of available manuscripts.
Manuscripts - answer✔The hand-written copies of ancient texts--in this case the biblical texts--
available to scholars and translators
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