Thursday, May 3, 2012

Key Terms and Concepts for Final Exam Review

Group 1: 

    Salvation
        Redemption – God buying us back
        Parts of sin
            Fallen beings
            Act against God
        Meaning of original sin
            Disorder
            Privation of being and of justice
    What is the point of being good
        Morality should not be imposed but appropriated
        Personal & social distinctions
        You may make a decision that will hurt you, is that anyone else’s business
        Social justice
    What’s the point of talking to other religions
        All one family with regard to race and creed
    Where do we go from here
        Hope of a future / meaning in life

Group 2: 

-   Sin: act against god, moral disposition
-          Ontological: something that changes nature (Adam and Eve changed human nature)
-          Anthropology: delves into what it means to be human
-          Humanity is sempiternal: has a beginning but no end
-          3 worlds of Karl Popper: Physical world, World of Ideas (concrete knowledge), World of the Mind (subjective knowledge)

-          Grace: getting what you done deserve, like a gift, grace perfects nature
-          A sacrament
-          The primordial sacrament: incarnation
-          What’s the point of being good – virtues, being moral
-          Deification: process of becoming a deity, all creation returns to God
-          Habit of Mind / Habit of Action
-          Suffering: everyone experiences it, the common thread between all of humanity, how does suffering lead to happiness
-          7 principles of Social Justice:
1.       Life and Dignity of the Human Person
2.       Community and the Common Good
3.       Rights and Responsibilities
4.       Option for the Poor
5.       Dignity of Work
6.       Solidarity and Subsidarity
7.       Care for God’s Creation
-          3 principles of Social Ethics
-          Nostra Aetate: dignity of human life, tolerance of other religions, “no person should be persecuted because of their faith”
1.       human dignity
2.       Pursuit of truth
3.       Comparative theology

-          Tolerance after Holocaust
-          4 issues for future of Christianity:

1.       Leadership
2.       Acceptance,
3.       Attrition
4.       Critical reflection
-          Eschatology: study of the end of history, Jesus second coming
-          Resurrection
-          Teleological: putting into perspective of the end
-          Semiotic: signs and symbols

Group 3: 

Terms
-Salvation
-Redemption
-Sin (Original, Social)
-Theological Anthropology
-Sempiternal creation
-Justice versus Mercy
-Social Justice
-Suffering
-Cuius regio eius religio principle
-Historiography
-Teleological Thinking
-Apocatastastis

Things
-Fallenness of humanity
-Fundamentals of Christian ethics
-Virtues
-Cardinal Virtues
-Theological Virtues
-Penitential Life
-Catholic Social Teachings
-Evolution of Tolerance
-Nostra Aetate
-Comparative Theology
-Eschatology

People
-Karl Popper and his 3 worlds
-Martin Luther
-John Calvin

Group 4: 

Virtue: theological virtues and cardinal virtues; and Morality: social vs. personal
Theological Anthropology- humanity as: creation of God, sempiternal creation,
defined as an embodied soul
Original Sin
Atonement- Jesus as perfect sacrifice; redemption; grace; restoration
Systemic/social sin
Justice vs. mercy
Sacrament
Deification
Social justice: rights and responsibilities, option for the poor, dignity of work,
solidarity and subsidiarity, care for God’s creation
Suffering and social ethics
Attrition
Purging
Christian Ethics
Eschatology
Teleological thinking
Semiotic thinking
Comparative theology
Christian concept of resurrection

Group 5: 

Sempiternal
Karl Popper
Fall of Humanity
Social Sin
Justice & Mercy

Point of Being Good
Redemption and Sacrifice
Christian Morality
Personal and Social Morality
Justice and Chastity
Premises based on God’s Wisdom, Humanity’s Fall, and Christ’s Saving Work
Habits of Mind
Habits of Action

Fundamentals of Christian Ethics (3)
Call to an ascetic and chaste life (monastic answer)
Suffering
Non-monastic and ascetic lifestyle
[4 principles of Christian Salvation]
Life, Justice, Truth

Social Justice
7 principles of catholic social teaching

Point to talking to other religions
Religious context of Christian orgins
Christianity as a minority religion
The Chrsitian Threat
The Christian Era
The Modern Era
Evolution of Tolerance

The Historical Impetus






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