Plato's view on gender
Saw women as inferior to men
Aristole's view on gender
Saw women as 'more mischievous, less simple,, more impulsive.'
Aquinas' view on gender
Women are created to be subordinate and inferior but some women have a special place in heaven, like the virgin Mary
Browning's opinion on families
2 parent families are not always just and life-enhancing
De beauvoir's views on gender
Even the most independent women suffer from false-consciousness because of the person's lacks of true freedom and self-worth and because women's existence is defined by men.
Taylor's views on gender
True relationships should be equality and financial independence
Daly's view on women
Women are superior to men and ought to govern men as it will lead to a more peaceful society
Bernard's view of marriage and gender
Marriage is generally advantageous for men not women
John Paul II view of gender from the mulieris Dignitatem
Men and women have differing but complementary characteristics
The mulieris Dignitatem's view of women roles
virginity and motherhood
Shaker's view of gender
They believe that women are particularly receptive to the holy spirit and should be in christian leadership
Hampson's view of gender
feminism and christianity are incompatible and don't use the past to prove that our rights should be equal
Augustine's view of women
Women weren't made in the image of God
Tertullia's view of women
Saw women as the devil's gateway
Chan's view of gender and theology
you can't rewrite the story of christianity to give more prominence to women
Ruether's .view on gender and theology
she argued that christianity has become distorted by patriarchal tradition and is in need of reform
Ruether's view of God's femininity
God is associated with wisdom , and wisdom is associated with femininity, but religion and the over-masculinised messiah has meant that we view God has masculine
Fletcher's view of Bonhoeffer
approves of Bonhoffer's argument that telling the truth depends on the situation and place
Paul's view on christian moral action
He wrote passages about not challenging authority
Jesus' view on Bonhoffer and christian moral action
Bonhoffer's views were closer to the cross than the hope of resurrection
Augustine's view on Bonhoffer
Even in difficult situations we still must act with faith and hope
Hauerwas' view on Bonhoffer
We shouldn't just tolerate suffering we need to act and strike for the truth
Luther's view of christian moral action and Bonhoeffer
Grace alone is needed for salvation
Jenson's view on Bonhofffer and christian moral action
we should subvert from the norm to obtain the truth
Tillich's view on Christian moral principles
We create our own meaning in life and we shouldn't have strict rules but use situationalism to make decisions based on love.
Catholic church's view on christian moral principles
To the church belongs the right always and everywhere to announce moral principles
Pope Francis' views on christian moral principles
On the moral issues faced by families it is not helpful to try to impose rules by sheer authority
Fletcher's view on christian moral principles
We need to do the most loving thing
J.A.T. Robinson's view on christian moral principles
love is a inbuilt moral compass
Hauerwas' view on christian moral principles
community is important when making decisions
Hay's view on christian moral principles
Reason is always culturally influenced
Turner's view on christian moral principles
Traditions are sometimes snubbed by Jesus when they go against the word of God.
Wilkinson's views on christian moral principles
Strength of a theononmous approach is that the guidance is set out in real life examples
Barth's view on christian moral principles
He says that literalism has its dangers, it falsely gives the bible as divine status due to the many writers.
Mouw's view of christian moral principles
he rejects situationalist approach and it is wrong to see the bible as a list of commands. we need to conform to what the creator wants whether that be from parables or divine dealings doesn't really matter.
Dawkin's view of Jesus
Jesus was a great moral teacher
Hitchen's view of Jesus
Jesus wasn't just a moral teacher
Hume's view of Jesus and miracles
The evidence of miracles not happening far outweighs the evidence that they do
St Paul's view of Jesus' relationship with God
Believers relationship with God is quite different from Jesus's distinct reason with God
Hick's view of Jesus' relationship with God
The way that Jesus was aware of God's will wasn't unique to Jesus, many prophets also had this awareness of God
Hick's view of Jesus and other teachers of wisdom
They are gifts of the world
Apollinaris' view of Jesus
Jesus couldn't have had a human mind, rather Jesus had a human body and lower soul and divine mind
Gregory of Nazianzen's view of Apollinaris' view of Jesus
He rejected apollinaire' idea of half-salvation it does not allow for Jesus to fully save humanity
C.S.Lewis' view of Jesus
You can't accept Jesus as a moral teacher but not the son of God because if he wasn't the son of God he was a lunatic
O'Collins' view of Jesus
We can't answer whether Jesus was aware of his divinity but we know that Jesus knew he stood in a unique relationship with God and had a mission of salvation
Rahner's view of Jesus
For Jesus to have a fully human consciousness, he must have had an unknown future in front of him as this is central to humans. Jesus was like an onion he made many layers his divine consciousness was deep within
Vermes' view of Jesus
Jesus was more jewish than christian tradition admits. Jesus led a jewish renewal movement.
Schillebeeckx's view of Jesus
Jesus' miracles can be interpreted as having a spiritual or metaphorical meaning, not just a literal one.
Swinburne's view of Jesus
Miracles have a deep religious significance and we would expect God to make himself known.
Sander's view of Jesus
There is no way that he christian claims about Jesus being the son of God can be made using history alone.
Wittengstein's view of Jesus
Jesus' authority came from him being a teacher of wisdom
Bultman's view of Jesus
We need to demythologise miracles.
Wright's view of Jesus
Without belief in the resurrection the church wouldn't have developed
Aslan's view of Jesus
Jesus was a revolutionary
The council of Chalcedon's view of Jesus
Jesus is not a mixture of God and man but both simultaneously
Calvin's view of our knowledge of God
We have a sensus divinitas of God
Tennant's view of our knowledge of god
Our ability to understand and recognise beauty comes from God, as it has no evolutionary benefit
Swinburne's view of our knowledge of God
Our powers of observation and reason provide us with good justification for the world showing order, regularity and purpose that led to God
Dawkin's view of our knowledge of God
Faith provides insufficient reason for belief
Polkinghorne's view on our knowledge of God
W have to two eyes one for religion and one for science we need both to see the full picture
Plantinga's view of our knowledge of God
Natural theology can't offer sufficient reason to believe in God
Pope Francis' view on our knowledge of God
Science does not contradict God
Barth's view on our knowledge of God
Revealed theology is the only way that God can be known because all levels were corrupted by the fall
Bonaventure's view of our knowledge of God
We have 3 eyes the eye of contemplation and the eye of reason can can go beyond sense and reason to gain knowledge of God through faith.
Aquinas' view of our knowledge of God
Natural theology is important in demonstrating that christian belief is reasonable. He was keen to show that reason and observation supported christian belief
Hick's view of the knowledge of God
epistemic distance means that God has not revealed himself to us fully The free decision to seek God is more valuable to him than him being obvious to us
Butler and Newman's view of our knowledge of God
Our conscience is our moral compass that proves that God exists
Cicero view of our knowledge of God
All humans have a sense of the divine
Xerophane's view of our knowledge of God
We do not have innate knowledge of God but we have a desire to invest in an authoritative figure that can give our lives structure
Brunner's view of our knowledge of God
The image of God has been destroyed at the physical and emotional level but still remains at the spiritual level and can also be seen in nature
Hick's view on the afterlife
Someone might die and then live continue living in a different world with genuine continuity
Dante's view on the afterlife
Sins are given appropriate punishments in hell
Augustine's view on the afterlife
No human is worthy of heaven it is only through grace that we are able to reach heaven, not moral acts
Calvin's view on the afterlife
We are all predestined for heaven or hell
Barth's view on the afterlife
If we accept christ we are saved if not we won't be saved
St. Paul's view of the afterlife
He believed fully in the resurrection which told christians that they too would be resurrected and transformed in 'another realm' where we are not corrupted
Ambrose's view of the afterlife
Purgatory is were people get a taste of what is to come
Rahner's view of the afterlife
Purgatory is not a place of pain but is where you become aware of the consequences of your sin
Aquinas' view of the afterlife
A face to face encounter with God, out of space and time
Origen's views of the afterlife
Hell is spiritual and see-inflicted pain not caused by God, while purgatory is where the should develops and perfects itself
The postlapsarianism view on the afterlife
God determined who would be saved after the fall
The Antelapsarianism view on the afterlife
God determined who would be saved before the fall
universalist view about the afterlife?
God will save all people
Pope Benedict XV's view on universalism
universal makes Jesus' death on the cross seem pointless
Exclusivist's view on the afterlife
only through christianity can you receive salvation
Inclusivist's view on the afterlife
Other's can receive salvation but it is not guaranteed
unlimited election view about the afterlife
All have received the call to salvation but it is only those that answer the call that will gain salvation
Dawkin's view on human nature
We should do the right thing because we want to not because of a reward in heaven
British Humanist association's views on human nature
It is possible to live a good life without religion or suppositious beliefs
Freud's view on human nature
creation of a God is a result of sexual guilt and there is no original sin
Iranaeus' view on human nature
Adam's sin had grave consequences for humanity
Augustine's view on human nature
Humans were created in the image of God but at the fall human nature was irreversibly damaged so we sin
Hobb's view of human nature
Humans have a nasty and brutish nature but society civilises us
Rousseau's view on human nature
are nature is good but society has messed humans up
Platonist' view on human nature
The soul should control the body but ultimately can't
Platonist's view on evil
evil is the absence of good
Manichean's view on human nature
The higher soul desires good, the lower soul desires bodily delights
Hitchen's view on human nature
The churches view of sin is outdated
Sartre's view on human nature
We have the freedom to create our own destinies and we aren't already condemned by original sin so there is no basic human nature
Niebuhr's view on human nature
People don't understand the seriousness of sin ad he believes that it is people's ignorance that leads to all the evil in the world