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12th Worldviews (Underwood) Mid-Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Decalogue | Greek name for the Hebrew Ten Commandments |
| Torah | Hebrew name for the first five books of the Bible |
| Yahweh | Hebrew Name for God |
| John Calvin | French reformer who set up a theocracy in Geneva |
| Henry VII | English reformer who set up the Church of England |
| Martin Luther | German reformer who nailed up the 95 theses to the Church doors at Wittenburg, Germany on Oct 31, 1519 |
| New Age | a more common name for Cosmic Humanism |
| Eupraxophy Centers | centers for Secular Humanists to gather and discuss ideas |
| General Revelation | God’s communication about Himself to all peoples at all times in all places |
| Special Revelation | God’s particular manifestations about Himself that are available now only through consultation of the sacred Scriptures |
| Islam | means 'submission' |
| Muslim | means 'one who submits' |
| Religious Pluralism | the idea that all religions should be tolerated because no particular one can be correct |
| Gaia Hypothesis | the belief that the whole earth and the whole universe is really one organism |
| Thesis | old way of doing things |
| Antithesis | new way of doing things |
| Synthesis | compromised way of doing things |
| Deconstruction | the belief that a writing should not be studied for what it was intended but is open completely to however the reader wishes to read it |
| Origin of Morality, according to Christians | from God's character |
| Second Law of Thermodynamics | while the amount of energy in the universe is always the same, the amount of usable energy is always decreasing |
| Intermediate Forms | 'species between species' |
| Christianity's Theology | Trinitarian Theism |
| Islam's Theology | Unitarian Theism |
| Secular Humanism's Theology | Atheism |
| Marxism's Theology | Atheism |
| Cosmic Humanism's Theology | Pantheism |
| Postmodernism's Theology | Atheism/Agnosticism |
| Christianity's Philosophy | Supernaturalism |
| Islam's Philosophy | Supernatualism |
| Secular Humanism's Philosophy | Naturalism |
| Marxism's Philosophy | Naturalism |
| Cosmic Humanism's Philosophy | Non-naturalism |
| Postmodernism | Anti-realism |
| Christianity's Ethics | Moral Absolutes |
| Islam's Ethics | Moral Absolutes |
| Secular Humanism's Ethics | Moral Relativism |
| Marxism's Ethics | Proletariat Morality |
| Cosmic Humanism's Ethics | Karma |
| Postmodernism's Ethics | Cultural Relativism |
| Young Earth Creationism | Belief that the Earth is 6,000 – 10,000 years old. |
| Age-Day Theory | Belief that the Earth was created over six large periods of time. |
| Gap Theory | Belief that there are two creation accounts found in Genesis. |
| Theistic Evolution | Belief that God used the natural processes of evolution to create the universe. |