RBS EXAM 3 (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) 2023/2024

RBS EXAM 3 (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) 2023/2024 Aeromacy - CORRECT ANSWER-Reading ripples in water Astragalomancy - CORRECT ANSWER-Casting bones and reading how they fall Augury - CORRECT ANSWER-Watching and reading the flight of birds Botanomancy - CORRECT ANSWER-Reading how leaves blow Geomancy - CORRECT ANSWER-Reading cracks in dried mud Haruspication - CORRECT ANSWER-Reading entrails of sacrificed animals Kleromancy - CORRECT ANSWER-Casting lots Necromancy - CORRECT ANSWER-Communicating with the dead Oneiromancy - CORRECT ANSWER-Interpreting dreams Palmistry - CORRECT ANSWER-Reading lines in a person's hand Form - CORRECT ANSWER-Signifier Mental Image/concept - CORRECT ANSWER-Signification Reality that is referenced/indicated - CORRECT ANSWER-Signified Signs that resemble the reality they represent - CORRECT ANSWER-Icons Anything that people use to refer to realities in the real world - CORRECT ANSWERSymbols Signs that indicate directly that existence of something else - CORRECT ANSWERIndexes Footprint is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER-Indexes Photograph is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER-Icons "Rodent" is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER-Symbols Multivocality - CORRECT ANSWER-The condition of belonging to more than one cognitive domain In chapter 10, the general conception that personal spiritual beings can influence and possess parts of nature, animals, or human beings is called - CORRECT ANSWERAnimation The transformation of life into other forms by magic and sorcery is called - CORRECT ANSWER-Metamorphosis Invasion of a being by foreign spirits for the purposes of coercion, healing, or divination is called - CORRECT ANSWER-Possession Most common animistic view of god is that God is - CORRECT ANSWER-A remote withdrawn creator The God of the Bible is described as - CORRECT ANSWER-A personal God who desires the total allegiance of his people In folk Islam, the name of created beings that are lower than angels but higher than human beings and cause illness, convulsions, seizures, madness, and epidemics, is - CORRECT ANSWER-Jinn Animists tend to follow - CORRECT ANSWER-Whatever power whether personal or impersonal that works Animists would never deny God but would - CORRECT ANSWER-Seek other powers in addition to him According to Gailyn Van Rheenen, worship is - CORRECT ANSWER-The Christian response to creator God, encounter is the Christian response to all spiritual beings who seek to usurp the place of God According to Gailyn Van Rheenen, the two types of encounter are - CORRECT ANSWER-Truth and power Fate - CORRECT ANSWER-Cautious living Astrology - CORRECT ANSWER-Live by the stars Bad luck - CORRECT ANSWER-Protective amulets, caution Magic is countered by - CORRECT ANSWER-Countermagic Pollution - CORRECT ANSWER-Purification Violation of a taboo - CORRECT ANSWER-Restitution and cleansing Object intrusion - CORRECT ANSWER-Object removal Biological and physical disorder - CORRECT ANSWER-Herbs, medicines, and surgery When humans face adversity - CORRECT ANSWER-We choose a belief system to explain the adversity The difference between Synchronic and Diachronic explanations - CORRECT ANSWER-Synchronic snapshot explains who humans are in nature and structure of their being; diachronic movie tell where they come from and where they are going Synchronic - CORRECT ANSWER-In being, becoming, belonging, a home, doing, possessions Diachronic - CORRECT ANSWER-In biology, group history, cosmic drama How does Protestant Christianity respond to animistic cultures? - CORRECT ANSWER1 We have the image of God, Christians are united with Christ 2 New community in Christ 3 New home on earth 4 New gifting in Christ 5 New view of possessions 6 Cosmic story 7 Human history 8 Personal biography - meaning in death, ancestors theology 9 Biological ancestors 10 Spiritual ancestors How do traditional societies view Christianity as it enters their society? - CORRECT ANSWER-That they do not give spiritual answers for everyday life Encourages rebellion among the young dishonors ancestors What are the three sources which offer folk religion moral systems? - CORRECT ANSWER-Righteousness and sin Purity and pollution Purity and holiness Four ways folk religion offers for generating good fortune - CORRECT ANSWERBlessings and oaths Merit Magic Powers Powers - CORRECT ANSWER-Geomancy and luck Magic - CORRECT ANSWER-The use of supernatural forces to control events in life. Oaths - CORRECT ANSWER-Conditional curses directed toward oneself. They are generally taken to prove one's own innocence against accusations. In them appeals are made to spiritual beings or powers to act if the person is, in fact, guilty. Swearing by baraka Merit - CORRECT ANSWER-Deeds to improve future life as in karma or punya/kusala Fears create a need for folk religious beliefs. What do people fear? - CORRECT ANSWER-Untimely births/deaths Natural calamities Diseases Failures Wars and raids What are the 7 uses of guidance mentioned in chapter 7? - CORRECT ANSWER-1 DIAGNOSE CAUSE OF MISFORTUNE 2 DETERMINE COURSE OF ACTION 3 AVOID DANGER 4 DETERMINE GUILT 5 SELECT SOMEONE FOR OFFICE 6 FIND LOST PEOPLE AND LOST OBJECTS 7 GAIN SUPERNATURAL KNOWLEDGE Icons - CORRECT ANSWER-Images, pictures, and masks that point to transcendent realities through resemblances that go beyond metaphors, allegories and other tropes Indices/index - CORRECT ANSWER-Signs that indicate directly the existence of something else. They are produced by the realities they signify. Sign - CORRECT ANSWER-Anything that stands for (represents, signifies, elicits, recalls, points to, stands in the place of, typifies, denotes, relates to, refers to) something else in the mind of a person or community What are the three parts of a sign? - CORRECT ANSWER-Form-signifier, metnal concept-signification, the reality the sign refers to-signified What are the 5 concepts that should be included in a theology of suffering? - CORRECT ANSWER-GOD DOES NOT ABANDON HIS PEOPLE HEB. 4:15 GOD CAN USE SUFFERING FOR GOOD ROM. 8:28 CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED TO SHARE IN THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST [2 COR. 1:7; PHIL. 3:10; 1 PETER 2:21]