EDUC 703 CHAPTERS 8 AND 9 EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS.
Agnosticism - ANS the belief that God's existence cannot be known
Calvinism - ANS Protestant sect founded by John Calvin. Emphasized a strong moral code and
believed in predestination (the idea that God decided whether or not a person would be saved
as soon as they were born). Calvinists supported constitutional representative government and
the separation of church and state.
Deism - ANS The religion of the Enlightenment (1700s). Followers believed that God existed
and had created the world, but that afterwards He left it to run by its own natural laws. Denied
that God communicated to man or in any way influenced his life.
Emotionalism - ANS high importance on the feelings, moods, and ideas communicated to the
viewer
Meritocracy - ANS a system in which promotion is based on individual ability or achievement
praxis (relational dialectics) - ANS the notion that activities of the partners in a relationship
are a vital component of the relationship itself; people are both actors and the objects of action
in relationships
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Rationalism - ANS A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason
and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response
Republicanism - ANS A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives
serving at the will of the people. The government is based on consent of the governed.
Unitarianism - ANS Christian doctrine that stresses individual freedom of belief and rejects
the Trinity
Rousseauian state of human nature - ANS Humans are naturally good, peaceful, and equal.
Civilization corrupts man. Society should approximate the state of nature, promoting equality
and freedom.
Scottish Common Sense Realism - ANS The idea that every individual has common
assumptions, some things are are self-evident, and some things are necessary for the world to
be intelligible.
Jonathan Edwards - ANS American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a
period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)
Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) - ANS One of founders of USA; 1773, became active in Sons of
Liberty in Philidelphia; attended the Continental Congress in 1776; signer of the Declaration of
Independence; served as delegate in 1787 supporting the ratification of the Constiution; deep
religious faith led him to be an avid social reformer
Thomas Jefferson - ANS Wrote the Declaration of Independence
catechism - ANS book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious
instruction by question and answer; V. catechize
Charles Chauncy - ANS opposition to the Great Awakening
sharply critical of Edwards and Whitefield
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS.
Agnosticism - ANS the belief that God's existence cannot be known
Calvinism - ANS Protestant sect founded by John Calvin. Emphasized a strong moral code and
believed in predestination (the idea that God decided whether or not a person would be saved
as soon as they were born). Calvinists supported constitutional representative government and
the separation of church and state.
Deism - ANS The religion of the Enlightenment (1700s). Followers believed that God existed
and had created the world, but that afterwards He left it to run by its own natural laws. Denied
that God communicated to man or in any way influenced his life.
Emotionalism - ANS high importance on the feelings, moods, and ideas communicated to the
viewer
Meritocracy - ANS a system in which promotion is based on individual ability or achievement
praxis (relational dialectics) - ANS the notion that activities of the partners in a relationship
are a vital component of the relationship itself; people are both actors and the objects of action
in relationships
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Rationalism - ANS A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason
and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response
Republicanism - ANS A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives
serving at the will of the people. The government is based on consent of the governed.
Unitarianism - ANS Christian doctrine that stresses individual freedom of belief and rejects
the Trinity
Rousseauian state of human nature - ANS Humans are naturally good, peaceful, and equal.
Civilization corrupts man. Society should approximate the state of nature, promoting equality
and freedom.
Scottish Common Sense Realism - ANS The idea that every individual has common
assumptions, some things are are self-evident, and some things are necessary for the world to
be intelligible.
Jonathan Edwards - ANS American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a
period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)
Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) - ANS One of founders of USA; 1773, became active in Sons of
Liberty in Philidelphia; attended the Continental Congress in 1776; signer of the Declaration of
Independence; served as delegate in 1787 supporting the ratification of the Constiution; deep
religious faith led him to be an avid social reformer
Thomas Jefferson - ANS Wrote the Declaration of Independence
catechism - ANS book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious
instruction by question and answer; V. catechize
Charles Chauncy - ANS opposition to the Great Awakening
sharply critical of Edwards and Whitefield
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
