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Four Canonical Gospels

- John

- Luke

- Matthew

- Mark

Linda Woodheads 4 Gospels that convey Jesus's significance.

- Fulfillment of Prophecy

- Resurrection

- Miracles

- Teachings

Lindawoodhead, God's Law.

Love without limits!

Robin Love 5 "Big Ideas", or core theological beliefs of the Christian Stance

- Creation

- Sin

- Incarnation

- Redemption

- Resurrection

Black Theology, Queer Theology, and Liberation Theology are types of...

- Contextual Theology

According to philosopher of technology, Shannon Vallor, cultivating _____ can help us navigate complex ethical challenges posted by ongoing technologcial advancements and think more wisely about how to evaluate emerging technologies.

techno moral

First 5 Books of the Old Testament that constitue what is known as the Pentateuch or Torah in Hebrew Bible.

- Genesis

- Exodus

- Leviticus

- Numbers

- Deuterotomy

Biblical character that receives Yahweh's covenant at the top of Mt. Sinai?

MOSES (ME)

T or F. All Christian (Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Eastern Orthodox, etc.) accept the same set of texts as the authorized Word of God, aka. the Bible.

False

First book of the New Testament?

Gospel of Matthew

If someone identifies as Christian comes across a passage in the Bible that seems to teach something they find ethically problematic, what other resources can they draw upon to help make sense of the passage without compromising their core beleifs?

- They can refer to traditions, experience, and reasoning.

What is the Sermon on the Mount? Where can it be found in the Bible? Is it in the New or Old Testament? Which Book? Why are these passages so significant? What, if anything, do these passages teach about the good life?

The Sermon on the Mount is when Jesus preached to his disciples and a large crowd of people in the New Testament, Book of Matthew. He stated how to live in accordance with God and lay the foundation for Christian Belief. Jesus explains the good life as one that centers God, and the secondary is through loving your neighbors as yourself. Also they must bastain murder, stealing, or comitting adultery and judgign, hating, or avenging. They also must believe, practice humility, by doing good deads and praying in private. Jesus acknowledged that the good life is hard, but all folowers of Jesus will have their wishes granted and go to Heaven.

What are the four Cardinal Virtues?

- Temperance

- Fortitude

- Justice

- Prudence

Thomas Quinas Three Theological Virtues

- Faith

- Hope

- Love

Associated with our ability to know the difference between right and wrong/good and evil

Natural Law

Republished in scripture

Divine Law

Unchanging, absolute law that governs entire universes

Eternal Law

Applications of Natural Law, enacted by civil authority

Human Law

Human Beings know the eternal law only through its effects in nature as ____ law

Natural Law

Who said "Love and do what you will"?

Augustine

Who said, "...love is the only creative, redemptive, transofrming power in the universe."?

Martin Luther King Jr.

How does Brent Waters characterize the difference between transhumanist and Christian views on immortality?

- Transhumanism hope to extend the present indefinitely, Christians await eternity.

What foes Waters mean by remaining creaturely and how does this relate to what Christians call the incarnation?

- People are finite and mortal as they're creatures made by a creator and not themselves. Relates to incarnation because death is affirming God's goodnesss by accepting our mortal state and allows Christians to embody God and experience eternal life from revering God and the human body he created for them.

According to Waters, what is the fundamental problem with heresies in the context of transhumanism?

- They elevate half-truths to whole truths, distorting the good they seek.

Recall the 5 core theological conepts that make up theological stance according to Robin Love. I

- Creation

- Sin

-Redemption

-Incarnation

-Resurrection

Brief explanation of Waters three different approaches to achieve the goal of transcending human limits: Biological immortality , biotic immortality, virtual immortality?

- Biological Immortality: extending our genetic capability to prevent DNA or physiological aging effects.

- Bionic: Replacing parts of the human body affected by age with artificial replacements.

- Virtual: Hooking the brain to a computer to digitalize their memory experience to be virtually immortal.

T or F. The liberation theologians Leonardo Boff and Clodovius Boff insist that our best chance at fighting poverty is to increae our aid for those who are living in the most extreme conditions of poverty.

False

T or F. According to Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, structural evil is best understood as the accumulation of individual acts of wrongdoing. Explain why it may be T or F.

False because structural evil is a structural system created by dominating powers. Ex: ideologies, institutions, and everyday decisions.

According to Shawn M. Copeland, what's the relationship between social suffering and social oppression.

Social suffering is not a product from God's will but derives from social oppression. An example would be capitalism.

According to Moe Lobeda, who breathed new life into the concept of sin through revealing of Genesis 3 at the fall of humankind?

Augustine of Hippo

In a few words, how does Moe-Lobeda define the moral crisis facing humanity today?

The moral crisis is that people in the western countries are overconsuming and profiting off the suffering/poverty of others through neoliberaism and ecological injustice.

Which of the following best captures Dean Brackley's understanding of magnanimity?

- An expansive soul with heroic generosity, ready for great things.

According to Dean Brackely, what is ressentiment? What would it mean to suggest that someone is carrying resentiment according to this definition.

- A reaction of sublimated feeling of revenge or desire to see the self prevail over rivals; individual is holding onto feelings of revenge, contempt, or victimization againis ttheir rivals instead of having personal freedom, generoisity, and acting with acceptance, dignity from God.

In his discussion of Ignatius, Brackely states that Ignatius beleieved that _______ is the font of all virtue.

Humility

Which of the following details are included in Ignatius of Loyola's biography?

- He was elected to be the first leader of the Society of Jesus

- He was severly injured during battle

In her Christianity: A Very Short Introduction: Woodhead, introduce 3 analytic categories to help explain the various forms of Christianity. What are these three categories?

Church, Biblical, Mythical

What are the four main resources traditionally used in Christian ethics?

- Tradition

- Experience

- Reason

-Scripture

Which canonical gospel is most likely the oldest of the for gospels?

Mark

_________ is a form of ethics concerned with the moral dimensions of social structures, systems, issues, and communities; this form of ethics is sometimes contrasted with personal ethics.

Social Ethics

T or F: All four Gospels describe Jesus's birth in Bethlehem.

False

T or F: According to Aquinas, human beings cannot ultimately find happiness in this life.

True

What are the two sacraments that all (or almost all) Christians recognize?

Baptism and Eucharist

T or F: All Christians accept the same set of texts as the authorized Word of God, aka: the Bible.

False

Which Greek term for love is commonly associated with the Christian love commandment and Christian love more generally?

Agape

According to St. Augustine, there are two moral frameworks that define human existence: the love of God and the love of _______

Self

According to King, what is the ultimate goal of nonviolent resistance?

to transform both the oppressor and the oppressed

_______ are acquired, stable dispositions by which a person is able to live well. They are also sometimes referred to as "habits of character."

Virtues

Which biblical text features a set of cultic and ritual laws known as the Holiness Code?

Leviticus

T or F: For Martin Luther King Jr., loving your enemy means passively accepting injustice.

False

Robin Lovin's description of the life and thought of Augustine of Hippo references the decline and eventual fall of which ancient empire?

Roman Empire

According to Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, a theology of love is valid only if it promotes the love of the other. Self-love is a sin. T OR F

False

Who is the early Christian thinker responsible for writing "The City of God," in which he distinguishes between two cities--the City of God and the City of Man?

Augustine

What are the three theological virtues according to Thomas Aquinas?

- Faith

- Hope

- Love

What does the word "gospel" essentially mean?

Good News

What theologian and philosopher, born in 1225, is famous for his Summa Thelogica, a comprehensive synthesis of Christian theology and Aristotelian philosophy?

Thomas Aquinas

Which of the following refers to a type of love that can be associated with both romantic and sexual desire, as well as a general yearning for fulfillment in the other?

Eros

Who said it?"...beatitudo is the perfect good, which completely quiets our desire; otherwise, if something yet remained to be desired, it would not be the ultimate end."

Thomas Aquinas

According to Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, what does neighborly love look like? What are the limits? And who, exactly, is our neighbor?

According to Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, neighborly love involves actively resisting systems of injustice and seeking the well-being of others, especially the oppressed, as an expression of moral and spiritual responsibility.

According to Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, how is moral vision constituted, shaped, or formed?

According to Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, moral vision is constituted and shaped by the social, cultural, economic, and political contexts in which people live, often unconsciously influenced by dominant ideologies and systems of power.

In his sermon on "Loving Your Enemies" Martin Luther King, Jr. acknowledges that loving your enemy isn't going to be easy. What practical advice does he offer about how to love your enemy? Additionally, why does he think we should love our enemy?

In his sermon "Loving Your Enemies," Martin Luther King Jr. offers practical advice such as beginning with self-examination, refusing to seek revenge, and looking for the good in one's enemies. He emphasizes the importance of acting with forgiveness and understanding, rather than hatred.

King argues we should love our enemies because hate only perpetuates more hate, while love has the power to transform and redeem individuals and societies.

How does Waters view the transhumanist quest for personal immortality?

Brent Waters views the transhumanist quest for personal immortality as a misguided attempt to escape human finitude by relying on technology to overcome death and limitations.

Which Greek term for love is commonly associated with the love commandment (Matt. 22:36-40. and Christian love more generally?

Agape

T or F: According to Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, structural evil is best understood as the effects of individual wrongdoings on social structures.

False

T or F: The liberation theologians Leonardo Boff and Clodovius Boff insist that our best chance at fighting poverty is to increase our aid for those who are living in the most extreme conditions of poverty.

False

Who said it?

"Theology cannot, must not, remain silent or complicit before the suffering of a crucified world and the suffering of God's crucified peoples. When theology comes face to face with the historical reality of social oppression and the enormous suffering inflicted on God's human creatures, it must name explicitly the social, physical, and existential damage—the oppression effected through structural or social, personal or individual sin."

Shawn M. Copeland

Shawn M. Copeland, Moe-Lobeda, and Boff and Boff all stress the importance of drawing upon which of the four traditional sources in Christian ethics in their efforts to interpret and respond to systems of oppression and social suffering.

Experience

According to Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, what are the three historical dynamics that help to explain the link between affluence of the "overconsuming class" and the extreme poverty of those living in other parts of the globe? Select from the list below.

Ecological Justice, 500 year- legacy of colonialism, economic globilization

According to Dean Brackely, __________is the other side of the coin of humility, the antidote to false humility and ressentiment.

Magnaminity

In the Introduction to her book Resisting Structural Evil, ML provides "four overarching principles" or "norms" for working toward a more life-giving economic order. What are these four norms or principles? Choose from the list below.

ecological sustainibility, distrubuted accountable power, economic equity, envrironmental equity.

True or False: Pope Francis is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order)

True