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Walking in Truth (Intro Unit)

Terms in this set (21)

Worldview
A pattern of ideas and beliefs that help us make sense of the world and that guide our discussions and actions
Metanarrative
An overarching story of events that provides structure for people's beliefs and gives meaning to their experiences.
Theology
What about God?
Philosophy
What is true and how do we know?
Biology
What is the origin of life?
Psychology
What does it mean to be human?
Ethics
How should we behave?
Sociology
What makes a healthy society?
History
What is the meaning of history?
Christianity
Believes in a personal God who has made Himself known through creation and the Bible; salvation from sin has been provided through the work of Jesus Christ.
Marxism
Seeing history as a struggle between owners and workers. Goes hand in hand with socialism and communism; rejects God; uses the scientific method for knowledge and morality.
New Spirituality
The world is spiritual; God is consciousness; we are all divine; there is a continuous cycle of life, death, and reincarnation.
Secularism
No God - humans are the center of reality; no life after death; live for here and now
Postmodernism
Denies the existence of God and absolute truth; no one can actually know how the world actually is
4 major relationships of creation
relationship with God, relationship with ourselves, relationship with others, relationship with creation
Culture
The way of life of particular people as shown in their ordinary behavior, habits, attitudes towards others, and their moral and religious beliefs
Popular Culture
A collection of values, themes, ideas and behavior popularized mainly through media and technology
ideas and consequences
Good ideas have good consequences and bad ideas have bad consequences
Two examples that illustrate what a worldview is.
fruit tree and eyeglasses
4 step progression that describes the Biblical metanarrative
creation, fall, redemption, restoration
What does Romans 12:2 teach?
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
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