unit 1 Flashcards
(23 cards)
as the Christian sees things, God is a God of
order
what is government
leaders use power to make and enforce laws on people
men make laws and exert control over men in their power
implications of genesis 1
God is the creator of order
Humans are granted authority
Creation is good
implications of genesis 2
work is a gift of God
the human being is a social creature
the family is the basic unit of society
implications of genesis three
sin alienates us from God, each other, and nature
As the Christian sees things, humans
live in a fallen world
are made in the image of God
possess aspects of God’s nature
desire order, justice, community
ad hominem
argument directed against a person rather than the position they are making
verses about submissive rebellion
judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard - Acts 4:19
we must obey God rather than man - acts 5:29
questions about questioning authority
is it truly contradicting divine authority or is it acting in a convenient manner
state
political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government
sovereignty
supreme authority within territorial boundaries
social contract theory
people surrender their freedom to the state and receive order and security
who thought about social contract theory
john locke
jean Jacques rousseau
battles in Greco Persian war
marathon, Thermopylae, salamis
what happened
greeks defeated Persians and are on high alert
Delian league
alliance against Persians
agreement between greek city states with Athens at head and each state getting 1 vote
becomes Athenian empire
Athenian government is
direct democracy
what is direct democracy
people participate in all decisions, different from representative
legislative decisions require approval by general assembly of people and judicial decisions must be reviewed by people’s court
anyone can be elected
no standing army or police
problems with direct democracy
danger of majority rule
mob mentality
efficiency
who gets to vote
rome is a
republic
when was the republic formed
after noble families revolted and overthrew the monarchy in 509 BC but they retained all the power
what was formed in rome
the senate
structure of rome
no written constitution, only oral laws and traditions
patricians and plebeians
