Question 1

2 / 2 pts
Which of the following is not related to “Process Theology”:

  
David Griffin
 

  
Primordial pole
 

  
God does not have a consequential pole
 

  
Identity is maintained in a series of momentary “actual occasions.
 
 
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
Using Elwell’s text, match the following (Constructing a theology):
Paul Tillich
 
theology from below
             
Reformed
 
theology from above
             
Thomas Aquinas
 
Trinitarian pattern
             
Karl Barth
 
Christological model
             
 
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
VanderMolen noted that pragmatism was a philosophy promoted by

  
Immanuel Kant
 

  
Hegel
 

  
John Dewey
 

  
Kierkegaard
 
 
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
Match the following:
Classical Objectivistism
 
Millard Erickson
             
Richard Rorty
 
Contextual Foundationalism
             
William James
 
One of the founders of pragmatism
             
Coherence View of Truth
 
Only if propositions agree w ith other propositions
             
 
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
According to Demarest, which of the following affirms why the church undertakes the
task of systematic theology?

  
That the believing community might be edified.
 

  
The gospel might be proclaimed.
 

  
The truth content and lived experience of the faith may be preserved
 

  
All of the above
 
 
Question 6
2 / 2 pts
Immanuel Kant restricted religion to the realm of "Practical reason."

  
True
 

  
False
 
 
Question 7
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following is not discussed in Erickson as one of the answers as to the
"abiding element" of Christianity?
   
An Institution (the Church)
 

  
Experience
 

  
Doctrines
 

  
Evangelism
 
 
Question 8
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following places a strong emphasis on feeling?

  
Friedrich Schleiermacher
 

  
Immanuel Kant
 

  
Contemporary Christian worship
 

  
Both a and c
 
 
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following would not be considered to be a characteristic of “Modernism”:
   
strong tendency toward foundationalism
 

  
correspondence theory of truth
 

  
scientific method was the only means of investigating truth
 

  
Preference for personal experience over investigation
 
 
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
Two Greek philosophers who greatly influenced the writings of the early church fathers
were:

  
Cicero and Erastus
 

  
Plato and Aristotle
 

  
Plato and Augustine
 

  
Aristotle and Aquinas
 
 
Question 11
2 / 2 pts
Which view dominated thinking from the eighteenth through the late twentieth centuries,
emphasizing rationality and certainty?

  
Postmodernism
 

  
Modernism
 

  
Enlightenment
 

  
Conceptualism
 
 
Question 12
2 / 2 pts
Arrange the following in the proper order of Authority as given in Erickson (one is the
highest and four is the lowest).
Inductive Conclusions
 
Three
             
Speculations
 
Four
             
Direct Statements of Scripture
 
One
             
Probable Implications
 
Tw o
             
 
Question 13
2 / 2 pts
Natural Theology is the effort to discern truth about God from from resources outside of
the Bible.

  
True
 

  
False
 
 
Question 14
2 / 2 pts
In answering the accusations of "meaninglessness" with respect to theological
language, Erickson tends to agree more with Ramsey than with Ferre or Hordern.

  
True
 

  
False
 
 
Question 15
2 / 2 pts
Match the following:
Logical Positivism
 
“Meaning of meanings”
             
“Language Games”
 
Wittgenstein
             
Functional Analysis
 
F. Ferre
             
Eschatological Verification
 
John Hick
             
 
Question 16
2 / 2 pts
Match the following terms:
Textual Criticism
 
Low er Criticism
             
Form Criticism
 
Oral Tradition
             
Redaction Criticism
 
Shaping and Modifying
             
Reader Response
 
Meaning not given in the Text
             
 
Question 17
2 / 2 pts
This individual is considered to be the founder of modernism:

  
John Herman Randall
 

  
John Sanders
 
   
Immanual Kant
 

  
Rene Descartes
 
 
Question 18
2 / 2 pts
Anthony Thiselton applied which theory to hermeneutics?

  
Verifiability Principle
 

  
Metaphysical Synthesis
 

  
Speech-Act
 

  
None of the above
 
 
Question 19
2 / 2 pts
Match the following
George Lindbeck
 
Cultural Linguistic View
             
Religion is a matter of “feeling”
 
Schleiermacher
             
Religion is clearly pragmatic
 
Liberation Theologians
             
John Hick
 
Experience of the “one great reality”
             
 
IncorrectQuestion 20
0 / 2 pts
Which of the following is NOT given as one of the characteristics of modern theologies:

  
Brief Life Spans
 

  
Demise of Great Schools of Theology
 

  
Few Theological Giants
 

  
Dominated by German Philosophy
 
 
Question 21
2 / 2 pts
The study of the doctrine of God is also called:

  
Systematic Theology
 

  
Doctrinal Studies
 
   
Theology Proper
 

  
Biblical Theology
 
 
Question 22
2 / 2 pts
Erickson noted that there were three values of philosophy for the theologian. Which of
the following was not included as a value:

  
The sharpening of the message for clarity.
 

  
Scrutiny of the meaning of terms and ideas used in the theological task.
 

  
The criticizing of its arguments.
 

  
Philosophy is primarily an activity, rather than a body of truths
 
 
Question 23
2 / 2 pts
Fill in the blank to complete Erickson’s analogy: Theology is to religion what .

  
Grammar relates to language
 

  
Culture constructs religion
 
   
Knowledge yields truth
 

  
psychology is to human emotions
 
 
Question 24
2 / 2 pts
As developed by Gabler, biblical theology attempted to make a distinction between

  
"true" and "pure"

  
"historical" and "systematic"

  
"exegetical" and "philosophical"

  
"semantics" and "rhetoric"
 
Question 25
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following would not be considered to be a characteristic of
“Postmodernism”:

  
Distrust of the efficacy of reason as the source of knowledge.
 

  
Knowledge is relative to the knower
 

  
Man is the center of reality
 
   
Meaning does not reside exclusively in the text.