THEO 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Oedipus Complex, Intelligent Design, Richard Dawkins
24 Jan 2017
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Faith: a relationship, specifically it is the relationship between you and the irreducible, organizing center of meaning for your life. Conversion: throughout your life your faith can change; it is a process that affects change in your center of meaning (often involves traveling through doubt) Henotheism: faith in one center of meaning while recognizing that others have different centers. Tribalism: faith in a particular group, but you think other faiths are wrong/invalid (nazis) Particularism: pluralist; you have faith in your particular center but realize that others have other valid centers. Universalism: faith in one center of meaning that is universal; it applies to all people. Monotheism: (christianity, judaism, islam) personal, transcendent, and universal. Monism: (philosophical hinduism) non-personal, transcendent, and universal; all truth is one. Worship: the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for something. Polytheism: faith in multiple gods; centers of meaning that compete.
