TEST #2 ALL QUESTIONS theology

The theological "problem of evil", viewed conceptually, refers to a tension or seeming incompatibility between three affirmations - 1) evil is real, 2) God is omnipotent, and 3) God is

omnibenevolent

Inbody argues that Classical Theism attempts to resolve the threat to faith posed in suffering and evil by ultimately denying the reality of evil.

False

According to St. Augustine, the real source or cause of the emergence of evil into God's originally and inherently good creation is the misuse of human freedom.

True

Inbody (paraphrasing the views of John Hick) discusses four major themes found in St. Augustine's related to the problem of evil in God's creation. Which of the following is NOT one of the four?

the view that God's power to redeem or eliminate evil depends on our asking for God's saving intervention through prayer

Inbody says that "a second explanation of suffering within a theistic framework is that suffering is necessary for the shaping and development of personhood into the full image of God. Hence, the challenges and sufferings which finite, fallible, and free human beings face provide the environment and occasion for growth, patience, and the cultivation of virtue. So, the divine intention behind human suffering is ........

soul-making

Inbody argues that there is a perfect correspondence and just proportion between the seriousness of sins and the depth and degree of suffering endured by individuals and groups.

False

Inbody says that "the most difficult task in developing a theology of human nature is to maintain a dialectic between a __________ and a __________ view of human nature.

optimistic...pessimistic

Inbody argues that the account of God's original creation of humankind in Genesis implies that females are to be subordinate to males.

False

The biblical view of the human creature affirms that we are a complex union of three aspects or capacities. Which of the following is NOT one of three explicitly named in today's reading?

intellect

Inbody interprets the claim that "we are made in the image of God" as referring primarily to our capacity for relationships.

True

Augustine's interpretation of "the Fall" of humanity (Adam and Eve's first act of sin) describes this act as all of the following except...

an act of ignorance

Whereas Augustine regarded Adam and Eve as being created in a condition of "original righteousness" and perfection (which they lost through sin), __________ regarded Adam and Eve as being created in a childlike condition of perfectibility from which they could develop and mature into the full likeness of God.

Irenaeus

Inbody rejects Augustine's view that all human beings inherit the guilt of Adam and Eve, that all subsequent human beings can be held morally responsible and damnable for the "original" sin of Adam and Eve.

True

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the "honorific titles" used in the New Testament and by the early church to make high claims about Jesus' relation to God?

homoousios/same being

Which early Christian theologian proposed the view (finally rejected as heresy) that Christ had a human body but not a human soul because in him the divine mind or logos had replaced the human mind?

Apollinarius

Inbody argues that the Christological creed of Chalcedon is not a theological or metaphysical explanation of how Christ can be fully divine and fully human in one person. Rather it provides the fundamental rules which govern orthodox language about Christ's person and which deny certain distorted ways of speaking and conceiving of Christ's person and nature.

True

Earlier modern christologies (both liberal and evangelical) identified the liberating power of Christ with our freedom from external authority and the freeing inner experience of faith. However, more recent (postliberal and postmodern) Liberation christologies identify the liberating work of Christ in his power to confront and transform...

social injustice and oppression

Inbody argues that the metaphysical language and conceptuality of the classic Christian creeds (substance, nature, hypostases) can create problems for our theological understanding of the faith which can be solved or alleviated by employing the more biblical language and categories of 'person' and 'relationship'.

True

Which of the following most clearly expresses McIntosh's central affirmation regarding Jesus Christ?

He is the incarnate expression in our humanity of God's eternal Word

McIntosh (and Griswold) affirm that the distinctive work of the Spirit is to draw us into the very same relationship with God which Jesus had, to awaken in us the intimate, loving relation with the Father which Christ has.

True