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Theology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who are the main characters in the Gospel of Mark? | Jesus, the disciples (Peter, James, John, etc.), religious authorities (Pharisees, scribes), Roman authorities, crowds, demons, and individuals seeking healing. |
| What is the central message or theme of Mark? | The proclamation of the Kingdom of God, Jesus’ identity as Messiah, discipleship, suffering, and misunderstanding of Jesus’ mission. |
| Why was Mark’s Gospel originally told? | To make sense of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection for early Christian communities and to affirm faith during periods of persecution. |
| What portrait of Judaism in the Roman period does Horsley describe? | A community living under political oppression, economic exploitation, and foreign imperial rule, with internal struggles among Jewish groups. |
| How does Horsley interpret “Kingdom of God”? | A community living under political oppression, economic exploitation, and foreign imperial rule, with internal struggles among Jewish groups. |
| Which portraits of Jesus does Horsley reject? | He rejects depictions of Jesus as a purely spiritual teacher detached from politics or as an apocalyptic preacher uninterested in social realities. |
| What does Amy-Jill Levine emphasize about Jesus’ identity? | Jesus was a fully Jewish figure whose teachings must be understood in their Jewish context. |
| Why is understanding Jesus as Jewish important? | It combats antisemitism, clarifies historical misunderstandings, and enriches Christian interpretation. |
| What is the main theme of the Book of Revelation? | Hope amid persecution, divine justice, cosmic conflict, and the ultimate victory of God over evil. |
| What is the purpose of the Nicene Creed? | To summarize core Christian beliefs, especially affirming Jesus as divine and countering early Christian heresies. |
| What does the documentary God & Country highlight? | It critiques Christian nationalism as a threat to democracy and religious pluralism. |
| What argument does Stephen Wolfe make? | He supports Christian nationalism as a political model where Christian moral order shapes society. |
| What are key themes of the Qur’an (Surahs 1, 56, 67–114)? | God’s oneness, moral accountability, afterlife, divine mercy, proper conduct, and warnings to disbelievers. |
| What does Ingrid Mattson say about reading the Qur’an? | It should be read with awareness of its structure, context, and oral tradition; interpretation requires humility and patience. |
| What does Susan Douglass highlight about Islam’s beginnings? | The social, political, and religious context of Muhammad’s life and how Islam developed as a reform movement. |
| What themes appear in Islam in America (Al Jazeera)? | Muslim identity, diversity, Islamophobia, community building, and American interpretations of Islam. |
| What is Amina Wadud’s main point in “American by Force, Muslim by Choice”? | The ways American identity intersects with voluntary, personal religious commitment to Islam. |
| What is Baldwin’s central argument in “Down at the Cross”? | Race, religion, and identity are intertwined, and America must confront its moral failures regarding racism. |
| What does Susannah Heschel argue about race and theology? | Christian theology historically intertwined with racial theory, influencing harmful interpretations. |
| What is the purpose of Nostra Aetate? | To reshape the Catholic Church’s relationship with non-Christian religions and reject antisemitism. |
| What does Hill Fletcher argue about Nostra Aetate in America? | It interacts with America’s racial history and reveals tensions around belonging and religious identity. |
| What does Riffat Hassan say about religious pluralism? | The Qur’an supports pluralism, emphasizing shared human dignity and divine diversity. |
| What is Lynn White’s argument in “Historical Roots of our Ecologic Crisis”? | Western Christianity contributed to ecological destruction by promoting human domination over nature. |
| What do feminist and queer commentaries on Genesis emphasize? | That traditional readings have reinforced gender hierarchy, and alternative interpretations reveal themes of equality, diversity, and fluidity. |
| What is the central teaching of the Dhammapada? | Liberation from suffering through ethical conduct, mindfulness, and insight into the nature of the self. |
| What do the practitioner commentaries emphasize? | Meditation, moral discipline, and awareness as daily practices for transformation. |
| What are the Five Aggregates (Thich Nhat Hanh)? | Form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness — the components of the self.  |
| What does Sulak Sivaraksa argue about global conflict? | Buddhism offers tools like compassion, simplicity, and critical self-reflection to address structural injustice. |
| What does Funie Hsu argue in “We’ve Been Here All Along”? | Asian American Buddhist histories have been erased and must be reclaimed. |
| What does Vesely-Flad emphasize about Black Buddhists? | Buddhist practice helps address intergenerational trauma from slavery, segregation, and incarceration. |
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