EDUC 703 CHAPTERS 8 AND 9 VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE
Agnosticism - Answers - the belief that God's existence cannot be known
Calvinism - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - high importance on the feelings, moods, and ideas
communicated to the viewer
Meritocracy - Answers - a system in which promotion is based on individual ability or
achievement
praxis (relational dialectics) - Answers - 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
Rationalism - Answers - A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on
reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response
Republicanism - Answers - 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 - Answers - Christian doctrine that stresses individual freedom of belief
and rejects the Trinity
Rousseauian state of human nature - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - American theologian whose sermons and writings
stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)
, Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) - Answers - 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 - Answers - Wrote the Declaration of Independence
catechism - Answers - book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form;
religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize
Charles Chauncy - Answers - opposition to the Great Awakening
sharply critical of Edwards and Whitefield
emphasizing too much biblical scriptural side
John Amos Comenius - Answers - Believed people should be taught an understanding
of the outside world rather than cramming in knowledge.
(Father of Modern Education)
James Davenport - Answers - reverend and rational revivalist. He would frighten people
with his sermons and was the most radical evangelist in this time period
John Edwards - Answers - Great Awakening preacher who led religious revival in the
colonies
Sinners in the Hans of an Angry God
John Eliot - Answers - missionary who translated the Bible into the language of the
Massachusetts Indians
Enlightment - Answers - A state of perfect wisdom in which one understands basic
truths about the universe.
Grammar schools - Answers - elementary schools that emphasized reading and writing,
early elementary schools; older students learned to read Greek and Latin as well as
math, rhetoric, and natural philosophy
Great Awakening - Answers - Religious revival in the American colonies of the
eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were
established.
Harvard College - Answers - First college in New World. Established by Puritans to train
ministers.
Hornbooks - Answers - were mid-15th century books made of a wooden paddle,
parchment containing the lesson and a cover made of a transparent sheet of horn. They
Agnosticism - Answers - the belief that God's existence cannot be known
Calvinism - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - high importance on the feelings, moods, and ideas
communicated to the viewer
Meritocracy - Answers - a system in which promotion is based on individual ability or
achievement
praxis (relational dialectics) - Answers - 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
Rationalism - Answers - A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on
reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response
Republicanism - Answers - 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 - Answers - Christian doctrine that stresses individual freedom of belief
and rejects the Trinity
Rousseauian state of human nature - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - American theologian whose sermons and writings
stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)
, Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) - Answers - 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 - Answers - Wrote the Declaration of Independence
catechism - Answers - book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form;
religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize
Charles Chauncy - Answers - opposition to the Great Awakening
sharply critical of Edwards and Whitefield
emphasizing too much biblical scriptural side
John Amos Comenius - Answers - Believed people should be taught an understanding
of the outside world rather than cramming in knowledge.
(Father of Modern Education)
James Davenport - Answers - reverend and rational revivalist. He would frighten people
with his sermons and was the most radical evangelist in this time period
John Edwards - Answers - Great Awakening preacher who led religious revival in the
colonies
Sinners in the Hans of an Angry God
John Eliot - Answers - missionary who translated the Bible into the language of the
Massachusetts Indians
Enlightment - Answers - A state of perfect wisdom in which one understands basic
truths about the universe.
Grammar schools - Answers - elementary schools that emphasized reading and writing,
early elementary schools; older students learned to read Greek and Latin as well as
math, rhetoric, and natural philosophy
Great Awakening - Answers - Religious revival in the American colonies of the
eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were
established.
Harvard College - Answers - First college in New World. Established by Puritans to train
ministers.
Hornbooks - Answers - were mid-15th century books made of a wooden paddle,
parchment containing the lesson and a cover made of a transparent sheet of horn. They
