Chapter 8: Theology

Question 1

the study of god

Answer 1

theology

Question 2

the belief in the existence of a God or gods

Answer 2

theism

Question 3

the belief that everything in the universe is ultimately divine

Answer 3

pantheism

Question 4

the belief that God does not exist

Answer 4

Atheism

Question 5

prominent athiest who had a big influence on the American education system

Answer 5

John Dewy

Question 6

a general distrust toward any religion claiming to know absolute truth about reality

Answer 6

theological suspicion

Question 7

the acknowledgement that many different religions exist in today’s diverse society

Answer 7

religious pluralism

Question 8

the belief that we should be tolerant of competing religions in order to get along with one another

Answer 8

descriptive pluarlism

Question 9

the belief that we should be tolerant of other religions because no single religion can be universally true for everyone

Answer 9

prescriptive pluarlism

Question 10

belief in a single deity

Answer 10

monotheism

Question 11

the belief in one God recognized as three seperate and distinct persons: Father, Son, and Spirit

Answer 11

trinitarian monotheism

Question 12

belief in many gods

Answer 12

polytheism

Question 13

states that the amount of usable energy in a closed system will decrease over time

Answer 13

second law of thermodynamics

Question 14

the belief that nonliving matter produced living matter through purely nature processed

Answer 14

spontanious generation

Question 15

the idea that life arrived from outer space

Answer 15

panspermia

Question 16

the theory that the complexity and information within DNA molecules reveal evidence for design

Answer 16

genetic information theory

Question 17

the theory that the universe contains all the necessary properties that make the existance of intelligent life inevitable

Answer 17

anthropic principle