Religion and the Human Experience Spring 2007
RS107A
Frank
Farrell-Senior Associate Professor of Religion
Final Exam
- Study Guide
People:
From the texts and notes,you
should be able to Identify the following individuals, and their major
contributions or area of study.
Victor Frankl
Rahner
Adler
Augustine
Freud
Thomas
Aquinas
Kohlberg
Fowler
Gilligan
Erikson
Ambrose
Albanese
Tillich
Buber
deChardin
John
XXIII
Martin
Luther King
Archbishop
Oscar Romero
Avery
Dulles
Hans Kung
From the
texts and notes you should be able to address in short answer form, the
following topics:
Christology
Biblical
Criticism
Historical
Criticism
Creed
Literary
Criticism
Cultus
Stages
of Faith
Transcendence
Immanence types of evil
Dissent
in the Church
hierarchy
of truth
covenant
commitment
deontological
utilitarian
types
of dualism
Herbert’s
principles of natural religion
Didache
inclusive
v. exclusive
Gospel
Evangelists (names and time line)
Anatomy
of faith
There will
be 3 essays. You will be asked to do all three, and prepare them to be handed
in at the final exam. You may type these prior to the exam or you may write
them out during the exam period.
1. Is dissent a good or bad thing for the church? State your reasons. Anticipate objections and respond to them. What degree of dissent is tolerable? What is more important, fidelity to tradition or relevance to the present time? Why?
2. Is there an image of
God which combines both the transcendence and immanence of God? What does K.Rahner mean when he refers to God as Holy Mystery?
3. Describe as fully as you can the relationship of freedom and responsibility as it relates to faith. Is there a risk to faith. What is it?