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APU ministry class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Theological reflection is | An Ongoing Conversation with: Your Past – What/Who influenced YOUR beliefs? Your Present – are you growing NOW? Your Future – headed where? |
| Theological reflection allows for | An appreciation of diversity of viewpoints Healthy debate Creative tension A place for Doubts and Questions |
| According to st Augustine, theological reflection is | faith seeking understanding: |
| 123 of Augustine theological reflection | Embraces the totality of the EXPERIENCES of the religious/spiritual life Formal statements of beliefs and practices of Christianity and other religions and societies Faith Integration – Faith lived out in daily life |
| Belief is | intelectual assent |
| Belief needs a balance between | orthodoxy (right belief) and orthopraxy (right practice) |
| Embedded theology: 1st order includes: | stories, language of faith, foundation of faith, practices |
| prevenient grace | that which lays the foundation, according to methodists |
| Christian practices that embed theology | stained glass windows, praying at dinner, heearing about baptism and communion, grandparents |
| Embedded theology consists of | memories, beliefs, feelings, values and hopes |
| The statement-"My faith means to me" can convey | embedded theology -feeling not facts |
| strong moral reactions to tv news or presidential campaign speeches reflect our | embedded theologies |
| Deliberative theology | An ESSENTIAL process of careful, thoughtful reflection “Second order” theology Questions what was once accepted or taken for granted Questions the spiritual “authorities” in one’s life Parents |
| Questions the spiritual “authorities” in one’s life | Parents Religious leaders or Clergy Professors |
| The place of doubt/question in the proces of developing faith it (3 things) | Creates tension within one’s self & between authorities in one’s life Prepares the way for spiritual maturity Recognizes and accepts ambiguity |
| to grow in faith is to | deepen, extend and perhaps revise our understanding |
| The Wesleyan Quadrilateral | scripture, tradition, reason, experience |
| Don Thorsen's view | The Wesleyan Quadrilateral affirms the PRIMACY of Scriptural authority along with the genuine – albeit SECONDARY – religious authority of Tradition, Reason and Experience. |
| 3pt objective of John Wesley | 1. blend “heart- religion” 2. “holistic” understanding (beyond theologian capacities 3. recognized how 3 did not conflict 1 (of quadrilateral) |
| Four authorities for evaluating truth | scripture, tradition, experience, reason |
| Order of events | tradition, scripture, reason, expereince |
| To hold in the tension between mind and the heart he recognized the | experiential aspect |
| Scripture was inspired by God through | people, it is the primary source of truth but not the only |
| Theo – pneustos | God - breathed |
| Scripture is | The Starting Point of evaluating truth 2. The foundation by which RTE evaluated 3. Christian Assumptions: Scriptures are … -God’s Revealed Truth -Fundamental Guide in all matters of life and faith-subject to Evaluation and Assessment (Critical Thinkin |
| Wesley's methodology: tradition | 1. Wanted to conform to what had been passed down 2. Honored appolistic teaching 3. emphasis on experience reflected an attempt to affirm what had always been assumed as part of vital Christian living |
| Tradition what is the core | basic core tenets of the person and work of Jesus Christ become the cornerstone of Christian tradition. |
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