Religion and the Human Experience Fall 08

Frank Farrell

Senior Associate Professor of Religion

Mid Term 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

de Chardin Freud

Buber Thomas Aquinas

Fowler Erikson

Tillich AveryDulles

From the texts and notes you should be able to address the following topics:

Stages of Faith

List and Identify

Transcendence

Immanence

Meaning of Faith

Fundamentalism

Biblical Inerrancy

Ecumenical

Anatomy of faith - Dulles

Essay Questions: Please prepare to  answer all 3

1. How is faith undercut by the search for absolute certainty or security? Give some examples of “manipulative” religion.

2. List and describe in order Fowlers “Stages of Faith”. Please give an example of each stage.

3. From you readings and class discussions, what does St. Ambrose mean when he says, “Faith means battles; if there are no contests, it is because there are none who desire to contend.”?