Worldview and Apologetics Midterm TERMS

Imago Dei

Latin for "image of God," denoting the doctrine that human beings are created in the image and likeness of God

marxism

a materialistic worldview based on the political and economic theories of Karl Mark

Materialism

any worldview or philosophy that contends that physical matter in the only reality or form of existence

naturalism

any worldview or philosophy that maintains that the natural universe of matter and energy is the only reality

Original Sin

humanities inherent propensity to sin and inclination to evil, which every person has inherited as a consequence of the fall of Adam

pluralism

the belief that all worldviews provide equally true, equally valid accounts to reality

Post-Christian

A society - such as the United States, increasingly, or most of the nations of Western Europe - in which Christianity is no longer recognized as the predominant worldview

postmodernism

any worldview or philosophy that rejects modern explanation of the world

Protestant Reformation

the European Christian movement in the sixteenth century that transformed the doctrine, practices, and structures of the Roman Catholic Church

Resurrection

Miraculously rising to everlasting life after death in bodily form

redemption

to be delivered from sin through the saving work of Jesus Christ

secular humanism

the belief that humanity is capable of morality and self-fulfillment without belief in God

sin

any violation or transgression of the Law of God

Sovereignty

the divine power and kingly autonomy of God

Trinity

Biblical Doctrine that there is one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Worldview

Briefly, the total perspective by which a person or a culture perceives and interprets the world