Circle of Faith in Action
A step in the circle of faith-in-action in which we seek to see, hear, and know the world as God does.
Awareness
Depending on one another for existence.
Interdependence
The God-given ability everyone has to affect their own lives, the lives of others, and the world around them.
Power
Which is an outlook in which power is seen as something to be used with and for others to bring about the good of everyone?
power-with worldview
What's an example of a social structure?
Government, Family, Education
The process of understanding how people’s lives are affected by the relationships that shape the society in which they live.
Analysis
All the shared values, beliefs, and ways of relating and living together that characterize a particular group of people.
Culture
Intentionally breaking laws that are unjust.
civil disobedience
What are the 2 feet of justice?
Direct and social action
True or False? A social structure is a tool used to analyze how people’s lives are affected by various relationships that shape society.
False - social analysis
The process of changing a situation in a way that allows all the people involved to experience the good life that the Creator intended for them.
Action
The basic beliefs that guide the way someone relates to the world.
Worldview
Which term is defined as “action that occurs on the level of individual relationships and is usually aimed at meeting an immediate need”?
Direct Action
Which term is defined as “action that attempts to change the behavior of society and its institutions in a way that promotes justice”?
Social Action
True or False? Social structures that block justice are called structures of sin.
True
True or False? The circle of faith-in-action is more like a spiral than a circle.
True
A word that literally means “to look again.”
Respect
Which term is defined as “an organized work stoppage whereby workers refuse to work in order to gain public support and to pressure their employer to address their rights”?
Strike
Which is an outlook in which power is seen as something acquired to be used for any purpose, even at the expense of others?
power-over worldview
Which term is defined as “living according to one’s beliefs, not just in private, but in a way that affects the world”?
Praxis
What are the 3 steps of the Circle of Faith in Action?
Awareness, Analysis, Action
Patterns of relationships that shape any society.
Social Structures
Which term is defined as “the practice of refusing to support something, such as a person, a store, or an organization, to express disapproval and create pressure for change”?
Boycott
Which term is defined as “a way to respect life and dignity by refusing to cooperate with anything that harms it”?
nonviolent noncooperation
The process of changing a situation in a way that allows all the people involved to experience the good life that the Creator intended for them.
Action