Day One- Lecture, EGW 1, Taylor 1 Flashcards
Five Domains of Human Flourishing
- Happiness and life satisfaction
- Mental and physical health
- Meaning and purpose
- Character and virtue
- Close social relationships
Three part structure for the good life
- circumstantial dimension
- agential dimension
- affective dimension
Circumstantial Dimension
desirable circumstances, life going well- natural, social, or personal
Affective Dimension
life feeling as it should, feelings (happiness, joy, empathy, contentment)
Agential Dimension
the good conduct of life, life led well, we play a role- what we do matters
The author of all truth
The Holy Spirit, all truth is God’s truth, we need to look for truth wherever it can be found
Heidelberg Confession
Q: what is your only comfort in life and death?
A: that I am not alone, but belong body and soul in life and death to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ
Longing for Shalom
God is close, almost there but can never quite hold it (this points us to hope)
Shalom
The ways things are supposed to be
Why is hope hard to come by today?
sin, constant comparison, longer cultural shifts
Conditions of Beliefs
looks at a deeper level by asking people how they believe and what makes things believable
Expression of Beliefs
how people express belief in the world, individual life, or public sphere
Immanent Frame
a constructed social space that frames our lives entirely within a natural order. It is circumscribed space of modern social imaginary that precludes transcendence (supernatural world is not taken into account)
Social Imaginary
it goes beyond thinking or worldview to the “way ordinary people imagine their social surroundings and is carried in stories and legends (creates a world without a transcendent truth or judge
Exclusive Humanism
a worldview or social imaginary that is able to account for meaning and significance without any appeal to the divine or transcendent
