bullet summary: knowledge of god’s existence

natural and revealed theology knowing we use the word 'know' in a variety of wayslogical knowledgefactual knowledgeknowledge of someoneknowing someone personally god of the philosophers given the different ways of knowing something, what does it mean to scale it up to 'knowing' god? for many, 'i know god' means god's existence is logically true or …

bullet summary: jesus christ

jesus christ's authority he has authority because of his teaching, his example and his relationship with godeven non-christians often admire him for his moral teachingsthere is no single factor that gives him authority, due to the ambiguity of authority what is authority? what does it mean to say something has authority? it means we see …

gender and theology

intro religion in generally is not well accepted by feminists. for many, christianity has been a cause of female oppression and even though elements of it may seem to aid women, it reinforces traditional gender roles and the subservience of women to men. the bible as a whole regards women as a weaker sex and …

liberation theology and marx

intro on 21st march 1980, archbishop of san salvador oscar romero was shot and killed while celebrating mass in a city chapel. the day before he had given an influential radio sermon pleading with the soldiers as christians not to exploit and murder the poor. this branded him as a communist and a rebel. his …

gender and society

intro there have always been happy and unhappy families. oppressive fathers, negligent mothers and cramped living conditions. some sociologists argue there has never been a perfect family ideal. the nuclear family model is a westerm, middle-class product of the mid-20th century during a time of industrial prosperity. but it has been popularised by christian teaching. …

religious pluralism and society

intro some cities and neighbourhoods are very diverse. how have these contemporary multi-faith societies developed in the west and what challenges does this present? there are three reasons outlined below. development of contemporary multi-faith societies globalisation globalisation has been a fashionable term since the 70s to describe the way we think about the world as …

religious pluralism and theology

intro liberal democracies in western europe are characterised by the ideology of liberalism. it tolerates the freedoms of the individual as long as there is no threat to the wellbeing of society, and permits the individual to believe what each wishes, as long as they don't undermine the rights of others. it allows and welcomes …

the challenge of secularism

long, long, long, unrefined A2 dct topic. intro it would be an exaggeration to say 9/11 changed everything, but it altered north american and european values: it challenged the capitalist, liberal and western globalisation mindset which sees religion as a private beliefit indicated that non-westerners see religion and politics as oneit reinforced the view of …

condensed: death and the afterlife

new testament foundations jesus' resurrection and implications the resurrection was important to the nt writers but there is no explanation of the afterlife. they agree on three things: jesus' death and resurrection mark the foundation of christianityjesus' resurrection was a moment of hope over despairgod acted in a mysterious and spectacular way these ideas have …

condensed: christian moral principles

theonomous christian ethics bible as only authority all scripture is inspired by God, and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness.2 timothy 3:16 a quote often use by biblicists, it supports the bible being inspired by god and being the only authority for moral instruction. if god is the author, …