CWV-101 Final Exam (GCU) With Questions And Answers

List the various definitions and descriptions of worldview found in the textbook and lecture. - Set of assumptions to which one commits to serve as a framework for understanding reality and shaping ones behavior According to Chapter 1 in the textbook and Lecture 1, which worldview families use both faith and reason? - All of them What is the difference between private and shared worldviews? - 1. Private Worldview: Personal view of the world, shaped by their life story 2. Shared Worldview: Foundational assumptions made as a community that are commonly shared When discussing worldviews, what is the difference between an open system and a closed system? - 1. Open System: Influenced by spiritual world 2. Closed System: Cannot be influenced by external forces because nothing external exists The concept that humanity is created in the image of God may refer to a number of things. List four: two covered in the textbook and two covered in the lecture. - 1. God's attributes are passed to humans (creativity, love, logic and reason, etc) 2. Humanity is to exercise dominion over what God created 3. God breathed the breath of life into us 4. God gives us worth List three reasons for seeing humanity as the pinnacle of God's creation. - 1. Its place at the end of the narrative 2. The amount of narrative space that the creation of humanity takes within the narrative 3. The interruption in the pattern of wording established when discussing the first five days of creation in Genesis 1 List at least five characteristics of God emphasized in Psalm 145. - 1. Righteous 2. Majesty 3. Gracious 4. Merciful 5. Good