THEO 525 Quiz: Introduction

Quiz: Introduction and Issues in Systematic Theology

1. In answering the accusations of “meaninglessness” with respect to theological language, Erickson tends to agree more with Ramsey than with Ferre or Hordern.
2. Which of the following said that religion is a matter of moral judgments?
3. Which of the following is not discussed in Erickson as one of the answers as to the “abiding element” of Christianity?
4. Which of the following is a supporting reason for the study of historical theology?
5. As developed by Gabler, biblical theology attempted to make a distinction between
6. Match the following
7. Which of the following is not related to “Process Theology”:
8. Match the following:
9. According to Demarest, which of the following affirms why the church undertakes the task of systematic theology?
10. Which of the following places a strong emphasis on feeling?
11. Match the following from Erickson
12. Which view dominated thinking from the eighteenth through the late twentieth centuries, emphasizing rationality and certainty?
13. Match the following:
14. The view that the idea of God’s existence is a rational intuition and does not require a proof in systematic theology is held by which of the following writer?
15. Modernity is characterized by an emphasis on rationality and certainty.
16. The study of the doctrine of God is also called:
17. Fill in the blank to complete Erickson’s analogy: Theology is to religion what .
18. Rudolf Bultmann introduced the beginning of a movement known as:
19. Match the following terms:
20. Two Greek philosophers who greatly influenced the writings of the early church fathers were:
21. Immanuel Kant restricted religion to the realm of “Practical reason.”
22. Which of the following correctly identifies the five key aspects of theology?
23. Arrange the following in the proper order of Authority as given in Erickson (one is the highest and four is the lowest).
24. Which of the following would not be considered to be a characteristic of “Postmodernism”:
25. Which of the following is NOT given as one of the characteristics of modern theologies: