REL S 390A Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Christianity, Evangelicalism, Catholic Church
REL S 390A
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Religious and Political Culture in America
The Historical Legacy to the Present
Pluralism Dimension (most dominant/current)
1.
Puritan Dimension
2.
Evangelical Dimension
3.
Populist Dimension
4.
Spiritual/Individual Dimension
5.
Is America a Christian Nation?
Yes and No
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Pluralism Dimension
Deism
There is a Supreme God.
1.
This Sovereign Deity ought to be worshipped.
2.
The connection of Virtue and Piety… is and always has been held to be
the most important part of religious practice.
3.
The minds of men have always been filled with horror for their
wickedness. Their vices and crimes have been obvious to them. They
must be expiated by repentance.
4.
There is reward and punishment after this life.
5.
Puritan Dimension
John Calvin
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Evangelical Dimension
1/23
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
12:47 PM
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First Amendment
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment or religion or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to
petition the government for a redress of grievances."
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American Puritan Tradition
Puritans and Politics (and Trump):
New Israel
"the Promised Land"
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"errand in the wilderness"
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"a city upon a hill"
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Covenant Theology
"not divine right of kings"
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Election/predestination
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2/3 of colonial population was Calvinist
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Human Sin
"fear of concentrated government power"
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Moral Zeal
No shades of gray
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No compromise
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Evils of society
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One's political struggles are God's struggles
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Evangelical Dimension
Evangelicals theologically stress
Bible as only authoritative source of God's revelation
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Adult conversion
i.e. "born-again"
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Evangelicals strategically stress evangelism
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1/30
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
9:33 AM
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Document Summary
The connection of virtue and piety is and always has been held to be the most important part of religious practice. The minds of men have always been filled with horror for their wickedness. Their vices and crimes have been obvious to them. There is reward and punishment after this life. Bible as only authoritative source of god"s revelation. The shift away from formal religious commitments weakens well- established religious institutions. Christian orthodox beliefs (bible, christ"s divinity, christ"s atonement and resurrection, literal heaven and hell) The politics of mormonism and mormonism in politics. God and jesus appear to 14 year old joseph smith in the "first. Church of jesus christ of latter-day saints founded by joseph smith. Joseph smith runs for president of the united states. A special revelation introduces polygamy, which is called the "law of abraham," "patriarchal order of marriage," or "celestial plural. Joseph smith assigns some women to some men.
