Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Christian Smith found that teenagers were very bad at this.
What is articulating what they believe when it comes to faith/religion
What is the human and divine.
The human act of accepting God's revelation of Himself.
What is faith.
The Babylonian creation story that Genesis 1 was written to directly challenge and respond to
What is the Enuma Elish.
Using Theological Exegesis, what were the first two truths for humanity we covered in class.
What is God brings order out of chaos and humans are made in God's image and likeness.
When religion is evaluated purely by how much it can help the individual, rather than by objective truth.
What is Psychological Usefulness
The method used to understand the historical context, environment, and literary genre of the human author (and his/her intention)!
What is the Historical-Critical-Method.
The two human faculties that must be submitted when making an act of faith.
What is intellect and will.
Unlike the Babylonian polytheistic context, Genesis 1 strongly asserts these three core doctrines.
What is monotheism, humans are made out of freedom and love, and humans are innately good.
What are the three reasons why it is relevant/matters that us humans were made in God's image and likeness.
What is we have an intellect and will, we are built for relationship, and we are God's sons and daughters (which is why we have human dignity).
These three things are missing from MTD.
What is radical love of God and neighbor, a personal relationship with God, and objective Truth.
The fancy theological term defined as the critical explanation or interpretation of a text.
What is exegesis.
An unearned, supernatural aid from God that interacts with the human soul to help us choose faith
What is grace.
Pope Benedict XVI notes that Genesis uses this literary tool to convey deep religious truths rather than scientific data.
What is figurative language.
Using Theological Exegesis, these are the final three truths from Genesis 1 that apply to all of humanity.
What is we have dominion over the Earth, we are called to be fruitful and multiply, and we are ordered to worship.
How are Moralistic Therapeutic Deism and Christianity related?
What is MTD is a distortion/watered down version of what historically Christianity is.
Looking at Scripture as a whole to determine what the Divine Author is trying to reveal for all humanity is called this.
What is Theological Exegesis.
Faith and reason work together in this way.
Reason helps lead one up to faith, and then after the act of faith, reason builds upon that faith.
The ancient Israelites were in what when Genesis 1 was written.
What is exile.
According to Pope Francis in Laudato Si', having "dominion" over creation calls humans to act as these.
What is stewards.
These are the 5 principles of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.
What is
A god exists who created and orders the world and watches over life on earth.
God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.
The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.
God is not involved in my life except when I need God to resolve a problem.
Good people go to heaven when they die.
God reveal Himself to humanity in this particular way.
What is gradually.
This is how grace and our free will interact in the choice to have faith.
What is we cooperate with grace in our free decision of faith.
The god that Marduk killed and used his blood to put into humans.
Who is Kingu.
The call to "be fruitful and multiply" represents the original institution of this.
What is marriage.