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Katelynn Wampler
Worldview Chapter 1, 2, and 9 Quiz 1
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What is the purpose of Sire's book? | - A. It outlines the basic worldviews that influences the perception that Western world has about the individual, each other, the physical world and ultimate reality of God. - B. Trace the historical development of the worldviews that are outlined in the |
- C. Demonstrate the impact that Postmodernism has upon other worldviews. - D. Promote understanding of other worldviews that could foster constructive dialogue between different worldviews in a pluralistic society. - E. ALL OF THE ABOVE. | |
Which of these is NOT a basic question which must be answered by a worldview? | D. Why is there evil in the world? |
Which of the following is not a potential answer to the question, what is the prime reality? | D. The Force |
According to Sire, personality requires what characteristics? | - A. Self-reflection - B. Self-determination - D. BOTH A AND B |
To say that God is all-knowing is to say that God is | - C. Omniscient |
When Sire says "God created the cosmos as a uniformity of cause and effect in an open system," what does he mean? | - A. Everything has been predetermined. - B. The cosmos was not created to be chaotic. - D. BOTH A AND B |
Sire says being made in God's image means that humans have | - A. Personality' - B. Morality - C. Creativity - D. ALL THE ABOVE |
As a result of the Fall, Sire says mankind is alienated from | - A. God - B. Others - C. Ourselves - D. ALL OF THE ABOVE |
According to G.K. Chesterson, hell is: | - C. monument to human freedom. |
In Christian Theism, human beings can know both the world around them and God himself because God has built into them the capacity to do so and because he takes an active role in communicating with them. | - A. TRUE |
According to Sire, human dignity has how many sides? | - B. TWO |
What is a human being? | - A. A personal being created in the image of God |
In Christian Theism, History is seen as circular? | - B. FALSE |
What is the nature of external reality, that is the world around us? | - C. An open universe created ex nihilo. |
According to Mark Lilla, postmodernism borrows freely from "a host of works." Who does not belong in the list? | - A. Ihab Hassan |
According to Sire, Postmodernism "accepts the foundation at the heart of?" | - A. Naturalism |
According to Sire, Postmoderism presents a shift in "first things" from being to knowing to constructing meaning. | - A. TRUE |
According to Sire, in Postmodernism, "Stories give communities their..." | - B. Cohensive Character |
Who made the famous statement "God is dead"? | - C. Friedrich Neitzsche |
According to Sire, which of the following is true of a worldview? | - A. It can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions. - B. It provides the foundation on which we live and move and have our being. -BOTH A AND B |