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withdrawn communities

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Christian communities that have little or nothing to do with the world; They unwelcome interaction with the world; Aim for purity and perfection

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physical withdrawal

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Groups, like nuns and monks, that physical withdraw from society; they part of larger community of faith; they do not hate the world, they just feel they were called away from it

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cultural withdrawal

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Amish; They are separate from the world and their parent group; sectarians; refuse to be part of general society; see world as threatening place

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sectarian viewpoint/sectarianism/sect-type Christianity

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Distinguished between church and sect and characterized sect-type Christianity as emphasizing an individual religious experience, voluntary membership, and radical obedience to Christian ethics

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Ernst Troeltsch

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Sociologist of religion; Distinguished between church and sect and characterized sect-type Christianity as emphasizing an individual religious experience, voluntary membership, and radical obedience to Christian ethics

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the Amish

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Withdrawn culturally; refuse to be a part of general society; believe you are born Amish

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the Amish school shooting

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Oct 2006, gunman killed five AMish school girls and himself; families of murdered forgave his family soon after his killings sparking national debate about forgiveness

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psychological withdrawal

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Being Withdrawn from world in your mind and heart

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eschatological consciousness

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Those anticipating the end of the world in their lifetime

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dominating postures

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Making one’s religious view predominant in society

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theocratic

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Governments by God administered through a church or one of God’s special agents

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mentality of domination

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survives in two ways: politically and financially

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political domination

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Religious strategy using the political process to impose a religious viewpoint on everyone.

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Jim Wallis

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Left-wing evangelical man; founded magazine Sojourners which was dedicated to serve as a political forum for Christians; involved in political issues

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financial domination

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Tying Christian message to money in such a way as to control society

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Walter Rauschenbusch

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Social Gospel associated with his teachings; believed poverty was a disgrace on Christian conscience that ought to be addressed by Christians in terms of building the Kingdom of God; Poor were victims

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The Social Gospel

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theological justification for collective responsibility for the poor; Kingdom of God could be established by changing social orders

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the Gospel of Wealth

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Theological justification for self-help; Poor were exhorted to changed their lives and pull themselves up by their bootstraps; no one had to help

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Social Darwinism

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looking upon the poor as morally unfit

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the politics of Jesus

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attempt to deal with political questions in fundamentally new ways; Christians enjoined to behave differently than everyone else: must follow Jesus’ word and example by turning the other cheek, doing good to those who persecute them and loving their enemies

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odious

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Extremely unpleasant or repulsive

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extol

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Praise enthusiastically

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taint

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A trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality

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enamored

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Have a liking or admiration for

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nonconformists,
Consciously resist some of the values of their culture they live in; Not so alienated that they withdraw; Embody values of Gospel at odds with values of society
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pluralism
Freedom to be any religion in America, many different ones to choose from
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César Chávez
Promote cause of Mexican American farm workers; National Farm Workers Association (La Causa); had authentic and deep Cath faith that strengthened appeal to workers and his demands on the church
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the posture of adaptation, 203 and adapted groups
Conform or modify himself to be a part of their culture; Ex group: RC in America, Mennonites lost ethnic distinctiveness in America
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the posture of nonconformity
Failure of refusal to conform or adapt to the established order
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the theory of just war
Must have just cause (one side must persist in unjust aggression) (2)Must exhaust all peaceful means first (war is a matter of legitimate self-defense regretfully taken up when negotiations have failed) (3) Must have reasonable hope of success (a tiny country should ot sacrifice its people in a hopeless war against a superpower) (4) Must use proportionate means (one side cannot use guns when the other uses swords or spears) (5) Must observe noncombatant immunity (violence may not be directed against civilians)
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peace churches
Anabaptist groups, Quakers, Churches of Brethren; very much against wars and want peace and nonviolent measures
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the Salvation Army
Minster to poor; William Booth
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Sojourners Fellowship
Published by The People’s Christian Coalition; Small group of evangelical seminaries in Chicago prayed together and began to look for place to live according to their interpretations of Gospel about poverty, helping poor, widows, orphans, and other people; moved to DC; rented large house where they let oppressed come and stay
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Jim Wallis
Left-wing evangelical man; founded magazine Sojourners which was dedicated to serve as a political forum for Christians; involved in political issues
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the Catholic Worker Movement
Founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin; Non-conformist Catholics; News paper: Catholic Workers; move into poor neighborhoods to identify with the people who they minister to; socialist and pacifist
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Dorothy Day
Young socialist at University of Illinois; Drawn to RC bc of its teaching about poverty; founded The Catholic Worker movement
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subsidiarity
Motto of the Catholic Worker Movement was: what a small group can do, it should do: people ought to do what they can to look after one another
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Mainline churches
The main churches like Protestant and Catholic; Set aside portion of budget for poor; Unite in group to make programs; Support missions in poor neighborhoods
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Martin Luther King
Led nonviolent protests against segregation/racism; challenged Christian adaptation;
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Letter from Birmingham Jail
Letter written by MLK while in he in the jail as a response to Christian critics about his tactics of protest; reprimanded Christians for going with status quo of segregation and racism
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the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Founded by MLK; coordinated civil rights activities; most members were Baptists but had diverse black churches
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prophetic function
Role that nonconformists see the church as filling in society
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normative
establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially of behavior.
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intransigence
refusal to change one's views or to agree about something.
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efficacy
the power to produce an effect
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rigorous
manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor : very strict
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locus
a center of activity, attention, or concentration
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the issue of biblical authority
Feminists and fundamentalists grappling with texts in Bible | BUT interpreting it differently in Bible
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feminists, feminist interpreters
Challenged male God-language of Bible, attempt to create new theologies meant to reinterpret traditional Christian doctrines like the Trinity See women as a more important part of the Bible
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male God-language in the Bible
Pronouns for God are overwhelmingly male pronouns
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seminary
The schooling one goes through to become preacher or priest
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divinity school
a faculty of a university in which students are trained for religious ministry.
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ordination
the action of ordaining or conferring holy orders on someone.
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the question of ministry
What is a minister or priest suppose to do in congregation
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Billy Graham
Young, powerful new Preacher from NC | Used media for evangelical advantage
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Charles Fuller
Charles Fuller: Radio program: The Old-Fashioned Revival Hour Largest audience of any preacher Phone-in segments Entered into radio ministry full-time During GD => people with little made donations that financed expensive airtime
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Fuller Evangelical Seminary
Financed by those with little during GD
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Jimmy Swaggart
1980s Preacher | Went after homosexuality and rock n roll
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Tammy Faye Bakker
Emphasized wealth and Catholicism
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the PTL Club
Jim and Tammy Bakker Praise the Lord Club Celebrated material as well as spiritual blessings Bakkers wore expensive clothes, built Christian theme park
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televangelists
Those who preached on TV
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Joel Osteen
Pastor of the Lakewood Church in Houston | Emphasizes God’s love and personal fulfillment on his show: You Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living Your Full Potential
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Emergent or Emerging church
Make significant use of cyberspace
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blessing of same-sex marriage
Allowing and accepting the marriage of gay people | Issue in regard to homosexuality in the church
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ordination of persons who are gay and lesbian if they do not agree to be celibate
Another question that is raised about whether the church should support homosexuality
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celibate
Person who does not have sexual relationship with another person
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homosexual orientation vs. practice
Orientation means that is how you identify | Practice means you actively are homosexuality
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moral relativism
Ideal that there are no definite moral rights or wrongs that are determined by the Bible or church teaching They are relative

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