Course intro Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
What is religion?
A
Faith seeking understanding-
2
Q
What is faith?
A
putting trust in someone/something
3
Q
What is seeking?
A
An ongoing process of refining our knowledge of something we can’t fully understand
4
Q
What is understanding?
A
Unifying goal of theology
5
Q
Religion requires _________- to understand it
A
empathy
6
Q
Religion is an invitation to ___________________
A
Reexplanation- discovering/exploring the narrative of the old/new testament, and different ways to read and interpret scriptures in an academic matter.
7
Q
4 Sources of interpretation
A
Scripture, reason, tradition, experience
