Chapter 1 quiz
Who asked the question "Is 'our God' listening to the prayers of people of other faiths?"
Diana Eck, Harvard
who went to Athens to find the spiritual source of the disease that took over it. He specualte, because they had already prayed to all the other Gods, there must be an "unknown God". They prayed and slaughtered a lamb, and the plaque went away.
Epimenides
Monte beleives, as he reads Scripture, that the impression to God, all these "prayers"- some of which are not prayers at all, if by "prayer" we mean a petition aimed in the direction of a Divine Being- sounds NOT like a symphony but more like a
JHS band warming up.
what scripture does inclusivists quote
John 14:6
no religions are true
atheism
why do pluralists argue that the bible is not "true, unique, authoritative, revelation from God".
because those are all loaded terms from their perspectives
true dialogue is a mark of
discipleship
also, messengers pray fervently that God will put us in the path of people who are seeking Him and give us opportunities to
engage in convos
an alternative term for exclusivist is
evangelist paradigm
some believe that one religion (their own) is true and the others are false.
exclusive
monte cox is an __________, but he cringes when he hears that word.
exclusivist
a combination that Monte finds to rare and what makes an effective messenger is:
humility and confidence
"I don't believe it is politeness along that "stifles" "our" curiosity about our newest neighbors or leaves us confused when our children or friends show interest in spiritual alternatives. I blame __________ as the greater culprit.
ignorance
Monte finds most endearing about Jesus is his _________________. He hung out with the "wrong" people.
inclusive demeanor towards others.
one religion is true, and other religions may be partially true.
inclusivism
what are the two favorite exclusivist texts:
john 14:6 and Acts 4:12
Paul was convinced that faith in Jesus was a matter of
life and death
messengers know that meaningful relationships start with
listening
instead of exclusivist and evangelist paradigm, we should embrace ____________. Monte likes this one more.
messenger mentality
exotic "other" was a __________, an animal, Europeans could use as they saw fit.
monster
Does Monte include a Christian chapter?
no
do pluralists typically evangelize?
no
does monte talk about "new religious movements" such as mormonism and scientology?
no
Luke's account gives an impression that Paul was interrupted when he identified Christ as the one qualified to judge the world because God has raised "him from the dead". (17:31)
ok
Monte means "world religions" he means those adherents don't live in only one corner of the globe.
ok
as messengers, we are not surprised to find truth in other world religions and affirm it as truth
ok
God sent his only Son to become ONE OF US, ONE who then laid down his life for ALL OF US, so that "we" might become "us" again.
okay.
and if the goal of faith is a moral life, which, by the way, is NOT the ultimate goal of the christian life, then isn't Rajpal a good catch for his daughter?
okay.
Simon was a _________. it's name from a Hebrew word many scholars translate was _____________. As a _________ the commitment to ritual purity as defined by the lo wmenat that they limited their contact with others who were not likewise committed, even any fellow Jews.
pharisee, "separate ones"
all religions are true. All attempt to address the divine in one way or antoehr, and all lead to the same destination. So, from this view, God does hear the outside prayers outside the religion.
pluralism
-do not accept the uniqueness of Christ -they will argue that "Salvation" is defined too narrowly by too many Christians as forgiveness of sins and admission into Heaven. ("Salvation" in a full biblical sense means mroe than those 2 things, though, side note from Monte) -argue that all religions offer a path to "salvation" defined according to their own tradition. -would also argue that the Bible is not "true, unique, authoritative, revelation from God".
pluralists
Simon thought Jesus's warm response to the "sinful woman" who anointed his feet with perfume and wiped them with ehr hair was a sure sign that Jesus was not a ___________. The problem was that Simon didn't know what sort of Messiah Jesus was and is.
prophet.
Paul shows us with Athens that the right kind of engagement with religious "others" is
respectful, informed, and persuasive
They were monsters that turned into ________ who lacked trappings of civilized societies. (talking about european and non-european)
savages
the evangelist paradigm means
that we, Christians, do want to know where non-christians come from, so our interaction is meaningful.
true dialogue is a _____________, and cannot be __________.
two way street, and cannot be manipulative
all three above would argue over the meaning of the terms
unique, authoritative, and revelation
Are "others" significant to God also?
yes
did Paul know this above story?
yes
Monte doesn't write about ____________
zoroastrianism
Huston Smith asked the "?" ________________
"How does Heaven hear the prayers of all these God-seekers around the world?"
however, "_________________" is more common with pluralist, they want to have mutual understanding, not conversion.
"interfaith dialogue"
This book is about 2 groups of people...
"us" and "them"
Eck outlines the four most common responses to that question, what are they?
1. inclusivism 2. exclusive 3. pluralism 4. atheism
Bahai was established in Iraq in
1844
We are not sure that Paul's entire speech is in
Acts 17
Monte worked among a group of people in ________ for whom the local word translated "people" meant only _____________, members of THAT tribe. Outsiders weren't "people"
Africa, their people
A generation ago, North America English speakers had no contact with
Hindus, muslims, or buddhists
On first of undergrad world religions class, he read the class an exert of a textbook published in 1958 by ____________, who was from China before WWII, son of Methodist missionaries.
Huston Smith
Paul's message on ________ leads Monte in the "junior high band" direction
Mars' Hill
______________ wrote "Are we our others keepers?"
Paul Hiebert
