RELG 2650 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

RELG 2650 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Torah - Answer- five books of Moses that constitute Law- the foundation of Jewish ethics Talmud - Answer- set of debates and the law: moral code Rabbis develop Talmud is a record of debates casuistry - Answer- the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles; specious argument- past cases Judaism and Covenant - Noahide Covenant, Covenant with Israel - Answer- God makes a covenant with Noah that he wouldn't destroy the world with flood but don't kill Sets moral law for all people God embraces a covenantal relationship with the people of Israel Covenant with Abraham Elliot Dorff's list of fundamental Jewish themes/beliefs regarding health care - Answer- Elliot Dorff: Jewish; conservative Rabbi 3 fundamental themes: Body belongs to God We receive body (& all the world) as a gift ⇒ must care for it Body is neutral Good when we use it to follow Law Help God preserve & protect the world God allows people to act for the good Medicine: Medical professionals have special duty in regard to care for the world Ex: Moses Maimonides Gilbert Meilaender's set of tensions in Christian thought (autonomy and community, etc.)- writes on Lutheran tradition - Answer- Lutheran- Christian bioethics Focus on paradoxes, which reflect Christian themes: One God in three persons → Father, Son, Holy Spirit Christ is fully human & fully divine Humans are free but all is governed by divine providence Autonomy & Community: God calls each person by name so each person has great dignity BUT we are also social creatures Christians are saved as part of a community, the Church ⇒ have duties to others Free & Finite: Humans have free will & a spirit that transcends physical creation, create technologies that transform nature BUT this is also a responsible freedom under God's law Follow God's commands to steward our bodies & nature, bound by physical limitations Providence & Freedom: All is in God's hands, so we should trust in God's care BUT also have a duty to care for others Embodied Personhood: Spiritual beings called to eternal life BUT bodies are essential parts of us Bodies are good, so we are called to care for them & accept them Suffering: Suffering is not a good & we should avoid it BUT God brings good out of suffering Roman Catholicism - Answer- All Christians who are in communion with the Pope ⇒ single teaching authority Natural Law - Answer- Our nature is fundamentally good as created by God Sin darkens natural reason, so cannot clearly see the good Scripture - Answer- holy and sacred text- literal voice or word of God/inspired Clarifies darkened reason & reveals things not open to reason magisterium - Answer- Church's teaching authority helps to clarify disagreements in tradition & apply it to new issues Sharia - Answer- Foundation of Islamic bioethics - religious law; Similar to other systems of law and casuistry Quran - Answer- Revelation from God directly to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel Sunna - Answer- sayings and deeds of the prophet and his companions (hadith) It is a tradition, but one with great authority Qiya - Answer- casuistry of legal scholars