Theology 3 Test 4

According to "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, without an understanding of Agape/Caritas as an activity into which you enter willingly, it is absolute nonsense for Jesus to command that you...

"Love Your Enemy"

In Chapter 1, "God, I Guess," Fr. Boyle discusses a Spanish expression used to describe a close, intimate kinship, which translates into English as...

"The fingernail and the dirt under it"

In Chapter 1, "God, I Guess," Fr. Boyle relays a story (from which the chapter borrows its title) about an interview with...

60 Minutes

In Chapter 1, "God, I Guess," Fr. Boyle describes God in all of the following ways, except...

A still small voice

As discussed in "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, St. Thomas Aquinas defines _____ as "the effective willing of the good of the other" or, as the author paraphrases, "willing the good of the other person and acting to make that good real for him or her."

Agape/Caritas

Which of the following IS NOT discussed by Brené Brown in "People Are Hard to Hate Close Up. Move In."?

An article by a Holocaust survivor about forgiving one's enemies.

In the Introduction, "Dolores Mission and Homeboy Industries," Fr. Boyle discusses how the first person he buried who was killed because of gang violence was...

An identical twin

In Chapter 2, "Dis-Grace," Fr. Boyle relays a story in which a Homeboy describes a weekly family ritual involving...

Barnes and Noble

In Chapter 1, "God, I Guess," Fr. Boyle discusses an eye-opening experience that transpired when spending a year in the country of...

Bolivia

In the Introduction, "Dolores Mission and Homeboy Industries," Fr. Boyle discusses how he began working at Dolores Mission Church, located in...

Boyle Heights

According to "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, just as humans communicate with one another via the medium of their bodies, Jesus continues to communicate with humanity via the _____ (defined as "the community of persons gathered together publicly by faith and even more by the attempt to live as agapic gift, following the example of Christ").

Church

In Chapter 1, "God, I Guess," Fr. Boyle relays stories involving Homeboys with all of the following names/nicknames, except...

Cuete

As discussed in "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, if I were acting on _____, "I would want to make you feel good because it will make me feel good, and so I will do whatever you want done and tell you whatever you want to hear."

Eros

Which of the following IS NOT a specific example of dehumanizing rhetoric or imagery discussed by Brené Brown in "People Are Hard to Hate Close Up. Move In."?

Facebook posts referring to Michelle Obama as an "ape in heels."

As discussed in "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber maintained that "the You which by definition can never become It" was a meaningful way of understanding...

God

In Chapter 1, "God, I Guess," Fr. Boyle relays a story in which a Homeboy describes how God sees him, by saying...

God thinks I'm firme

In Chapter 2, "Dis-Grace," Fr. Boyle discusses how, like Jesus, we don't actually grow more favorable to God over time, but instead...

Grow in our awareness that we are wholly favorable

As discussed in "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber suggested that _____ relationships are characterized by seeing others as existing only to the extent that they can be tools utilized to meet my ends.

I-It

As discussed in "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber suggested that _____ relationships are characterized by seeing others as true others, without reference to the roles they potentially can play or actually do play in my life.

I-Thou

Which of the following IS NOT a specific example of dehumanizing rhetoric or imagery discussed by Brené Brown in "People Are Hard to Hate Close Up. Move In."?

Individuals, including actors and athletes, being referred to as "objects" and "products."

In Chapter 1, "God, I Guess," Fr. Boyle discusses his belief that where we stand, "in all our mistakes and imperfection,"...

Is holy ground

According to "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, the response to and effect of "Sacramental Vision" is...

Love

In Chapter 2, "Dis-Grace," Fr. Boyle relays stories involving Homeboys with all of the following names/nicknames, except...

Pancho

Which of the following IS NOT a specific group targeted by dehumanizing rhetoric discussed by Brené Brown in "People Are Hard to Hate Close Up. Move In."?

Pro-Choice Activists

According to "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, any person, place, thing, or event who/which makes Grace effectively real and present by manifesting it is called a/an...

Sacrament

According to "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, "seeing everything as revelatory of the Grace which lies at the root of the world" is one way of understanding...

Sacramental Vision

According to "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, in the same way that each individual person is constantly striving to express himself or herself, the Church is also engaged in the attempt to speak its Verba, which it communicates most meaningfully and effectively in _____.

Sacraments

According to "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, the fundamental, primary sacrament for each of us, which opens the door to the possibility of seeing the Sacramentality of the Universe, is _____.

Self

In Chapter 2, "Dis-Grace," Fr. Boyle discusses stories which center around the incredibly destructive effect(s) of...

Shame

According to "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, a _____ is an arbitrary pointer to something else, with no intrinsic connection to what it represents.

Sign

According to "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, a _____ is an external expression rooted in what it points to, expressing something within its own depth that cannot be expressed in any other way.

Symbol

In the Introduction, "Dolores Mission and Homeboy Industries," Fr. Boyle relays a story in which a particular Homeboy's difficulty landing a job led to Homeboy Industries offering...

Tattoo removal

With which of the following statements regarding her conversation with Dr. Michelle Buck would Brené Brown, the author of "People Are Hard to Hate Close Up. Move In.," DISAGREE?

That "Conflict Transformation" requires an intentional emphasis on holding people accountable for things they have done and/or said in the past.

Which of the following IS NOT an idea explicitly discussed by Brené Brown in her conversation with Viola Davis?

That Viola's experiences led her to conclude that being "Transparent and Translucent" was just not worth the pain to which it invariably exposed her.

With which of the following statements would Brené Brown, the author of "People Are Hard to Hate Close Up. Move In.," DISAGREE?

That a lived commitment to "Zooming In" inevitably helps one to avoid experiencing face-to-face conflict.

With which of the following statements regarding dehumanization would Brené Brown, the author of "People Are Hard to Hate Close Up. Move In.," DISAGREE?

That dehumanization is always the result of language and images propagated by violent psychopaths who are dispositionally sadistic.

In Chapter 1, "God, I Guess," Fr. Boyle relays a story in which a Homeboy calls him in the middle of the night to be reassured...

That he was/is Fr. Boyle's son

With which of the following statements would Brené Brown, the author of "People Are Hard to Hate Close Up. Move In.," DISAGREE?

That no one has to listen to any point of view that they don't like, that they think is wrong, or that is not up to their standards of political correctness.

Brené Brown's main point, as portrayed in "People Are Hard to Hate Close Up. Move In.," can best be summarized as...

That we must be vigilant against any/all forms of "Dehumanization," since such language and imagery violate "Emotional Safety" as a means to eventually justifying attacks on people's "Physical Safety."

In Chapter 2, "Dis-Grace," Fr. Boyle relays a story which transpires around...

The Fourth of July

In Chapter 2, "Dis-Grace," Fr. Boyle discusses how we fundamentally want all of the following, except...

To be forgiven for all our past misdeeds

In Chapter 1, "God, I Guess," Fr. Boyle continually cautions against images/understandings of God that are...

Too small

In the Introduction, "Dolores Mission and Homeboy Industries," Fr. Boyle discusses all of the following attempts to address gang violence, except...

Toward a better tomorrow

As discussed in "Sacramental Vision," Sections IV-VI, St. Thomas Aquinas' definition of Love requires...

Wisdom and Courage