Modernity and Chrisitian Responses - Deism, Pietism, and Methodism

During the Scientific, what was something mathematical considered?

mechanical explanation of the universe

What did Natural laws explain in the scientific revolution

explained universe w/out miracles or divine intervention

What did rationalism state

reason is primary way of knowledge

What did Locke and Hume believe? What is Empiricism?

raw material of knowledge is experience

What did Kant discuss?

moral imperative - act as if your actions become your will

What are the characteristics of Modernity (Age of Reason/Enlightenment

Human reason, uniformity of nature, progress

What did the autonomy of human reason cause?

dismissed revelation

What did the uniformity of nature cause?

no place for supernatural

Where did we see progress and what effect did it have?

education, reason and science, downplayed sinfulness of humanity

Deism

Creator does not intervene (human reason, rational, accessible)

Who influenced Deism

Locke and Newton

Peitism

personal devotion, practical Christianity, reaction of protestant scholasticism

Who influenced Peitism, who was influenced by peitism

Philipp Spener (german)
Jonathan Edwards (american)
John Wesley (british)

What did Pietism establish

missions, revivalism, sunday school

What impact did John Wesley establish

holy club at oxford

was the mission to georgia colony successful?

no

What was the wesleyan quadrilateral? (SERT)

Scripture, experience, reason, tradition

Did the methodist believe in perfection through sanctification

Methodism

spiritual discipline, revival, organized society