EDUC 703 Chapters 8 and 9
questions and answers 2025
Agnosticism - answer the belief that God's existence cannot be known
Calvinism - answer 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 - answer 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 - answer high importance on the feelings, moods, and
ideas communicated to the viewer
Meritocracy - answer a system in which promotion is based on individual
ability or achievement
praxis (relational dialectics) - answer 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 - answer A belief or theory that opinions and actions should
be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or
emotional response
Republicanism - answer 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 - answer Christian doctrine that stresses individual freedom
of belief and rejects the Trinity
Rousseauian state of human nature - answer 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 - answer 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 - answer American theologian whose sermons and
writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America
(1703-1758)
Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) - answer 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 - answer Wrote the Declaration of Independence
catechism - answer book for religious instruction in question-and-answer
form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize
Charles Chauncy - answer opposition to the Great Awakening
sharply critical of Edwards and Whitefield
emphasizing too much biblical scriptural side
John Amos Comenius - answer Believed people should be taught an
understanding of the outside world rather than cramming in knowledge.
(Father of Modern Education)
questions and answers 2025
Agnosticism - answer the belief that God's existence cannot be known
Calvinism - answer 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 - answer 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 - answer high importance on the feelings, moods, and
ideas communicated to the viewer
Meritocracy - answer a system in which promotion is based on individual
ability or achievement
praxis (relational dialectics) - answer 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 - answer A belief or theory that opinions and actions should
be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or
emotional response
Republicanism - answer 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 - answer Christian doctrine that stresses individual freedom
of belief and rejects the Trinity
Rousseauian state of human nature - answer 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 - answer 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 - answer American theologian whose sermons and
writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America
(1703-1758)
Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) - answer 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 - answer Wrote the Declaration of Independence
catechism - answer book for religious instruction in question-and-answer
form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize
Charles Chauncy - answer opposition to the Great Awakening
sharply critical of Edwards and Whitefield
emphasizing too much biblical scriptural side
John Amos Comenius - answer Believed people should be taught an
understanding of the outside world rather than cramming in knowledge.
(Father of Modern Education)
