Final Exam Vocabulary Review

Part I: Objective questions (80 points total)
- 40 questions: fill-in-the-blank, true/false, multiple choice.
- 15 questions from Test 1 sample prep and test questions.
- 15 questions from Test 2 sample prep and test questions.
- 10 questions from post-Test 2 prep questions.
Part II: Short answer questions (20 points total)
- 4 questions, ranging from one to a few sentences.
- Video portion at the beginning of the exam (being late will result in lost points).
Some test/post-test questions may be repurposed to check understanding.

Ephesians 2:8-10 Summary:
- "God saves people {by} grace and {for} good works."
Greek Word Transliteration:
- The Greek word for the underserved, unearned gift of God’s salvation is charis.
  - A. charis
English Translation of Charis:
- The Greek word charis is translated as "grace" in English.
Word Family of Charis:
- Charis shares a stem with the Greek term charisma, which refers to spiritual gifts.
Spiritual Gifts in Lacey Sturm's Story:
- Prophecy and discernment of spirits were salient in Lacey Sturm's story.
  - C. both
Forgiveness and Teshuvah/Metanoia:
- The surviving family members of the Emanuel 9 offered forgiveness to Dylan Roof and called him to do teshuvah (Hebrew) and metanoia (Greek).
- Both terms can be translated as repentance in English.

Jesus includes justice and mercy in the list of the “weightier matters” of scripture
- C. both

John Newton wrote that when he “became a new man” through spiritual rebirth, God immediately seemed to deliver him from swearing.
- A. swearing
Who Wrote Amazing Grace
- Neither John Milton, nor John Wesley, wrote Amazing Grace. John Newton wrote Amazing Grace.
- D. neither

William Wilberforce was compelled by his Christian faith to fight against slavery and was instrumental in passing the Slave Trade Act of 1807.
- C. William Wilberforce

According to an interview in the documentary Emanuel, when a man whom Dylan Roof had shot pleaded with him not to continue the rampage, Roof said that he had to continue shooting because, “Y’all are raping our women.”
- A. are raping our women.

In class we noted that Dylan Roof’s developed a belief that black people were the root cause of social ills in the U.S. after reading online commentary.
- B. reading online commentary.

According to some texts, ancient Israelite priests in the temple and slaves in the invisible institution of America experienced the presence of God as so powerful that it was difficult for them to stay standing.
- C. both

True: some scholars believe that the song “We Shall Overcome” has historical roots in both black American and Sicilian seafarer culture.

False: The analogy between African and Church of England styles of worship enabled the slaves to reinterpret the new religion by reference to the old, and so made this brand of Christianity seems less foreign than evangelical styles of worship.

In class, we mentioned that the goal of an ethnographer (or participant observer) is to neither praise nor denigrate the group being studied
- D. neither

Ephesians 6:12 suggests “a conception of the general of existence” that encourages readers to combat wicked spiritual powers.
- B. wicked spiritual powers

One of the main branches of trinitarian Christianity does not believe that we inherit the guilt of Adam and Eve’s original sin.
- Orthodoxy is the branch of Christianity that Troy Polamalu and Lacey Sturm now belong to.
- C. Orthodoxy

According to a commentator featured in the clip we watched of Limp Bizkit’s performance of “Break Stuff” at Woodstock ’99, Fred Durst, by responding to his most basic instincts and desires, gave into his id
- B. id

C.S. Lewis argued that Christians should neither believe in Satan or devils, nor develop an “excessive” interest in them to know the “tactics of the enemy.”
- D. neither

Brian “Head” Welch received what he considers in hindsight to be a pivotal prophecy from a woman in his mother’s beauty parlor who told him he would travel the world and speak to millions of people. He also warned Will Smith, “At your highest moment, be careful, that’s when the devil comes for you.”
- C. Brian “Head” Welch

When Perry Reese Jr., an African American Catholic, took over as head coach of the Hiland High boys basketball team, it represented a change in the informal patterns of power at the school, which was part of our definition for social structure.
- D. social structure
Perry Reese Jr. helped change “shared meanings” about a variety of topics in Berlin, Ohio, including religion and race. “Shared meanings” is our abbreviated working definition of culture
- B. culture
Some Mennonites, Amish, and Catholics received the “holy wafer” (the bread) of the Eucharist/Communion during the Catholic funeral for Perry Reese Jr., even though Catholics have what we called an “instrumental” view of rituals like Communion and baptism, and Amish and Mennonites have a non-instrumental view of those rituals.

Clifford Geertz's Definition of Religion:
- In his definition of “religion as a cultural system,” Clifford Geertz addresses the ways that people make invisible ideas concrete, referring to this concretizing process as “clothing conceptions.”
- The bishop clothes the idea of grace for Jean Valjean.
Collective Effervescence:
- Connected to clips of Steffany Gretzinger (“King of My Heart”) and Fred Durst at Woodstock 99 (“Break Stuff”).
Analogy:
- Understand what an analogy is so that you can analogously explain something you are asked about on the exam. (e.g. “This video is like this reading in the following respects . . . .")
Material vs. Physical Culture:
- Understand the distinction between material and physical culture, as we defined them in class.
Emanuel Documentary
- Comparison of storytelling in Tower and Emanuel.
- Historical details provided by filmmakers and the reasons for that context.
- Claire's response regarding forgiveness in Tower and related Bible verses.
- Complexity of forgiveness in Emanuel.
- Goals of Emanuel and 38 at the Garden, and the Christian faith's influence on Lin and Curry's participation.