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L2 - Knowledge of God

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

This is a type of theology that provides arguments for the existence of God based on what has been revealed to us (revelation). These revelations primarily come from scripture or religious experiences.

a)

natural theology

b)

revealed theology

c)

inferred theology

d)

subjective theology

2.

This is a type of theology that provides arguments for the existence of God based on reason and ordinary experience of nature.

a)

natural theology

b)

revealed theology

c)

inferred theology

d)

subjective theology

3.

Acts 17: “The God who made the world and everything in it…does not l_______ i____t ___________ b_________b ______ h_________ h________"

(a)  

4.

In a Mind's road to God, St. Bonaventura suggested which three ways of 'knowing' through the...

a)

eye of the body

b)

eye of the flesh

c)

eye of the mind

d)

eye of reason

e)

eye of contemplation

5.

Who uses St. Bonaventura's 'ways of knowing' to develop a further metaphor for knowledge of God? (Binocular vision)

a)

Anselm of Canterbury

b)

T. Aquinas

c)

J. Polkinghorne

d)

W. Occham

e)

Augustine of Hippo

6.

Polkinghorne's binocular vision analogy includes looking at the world with

a)

scientific understanding

b)

spiritual understanding

c)

metaphysical understanding

d)

religious understanding

7.

Having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity....

a)

nuanced

b)

neurotic

c)

narcaleptic

d)

numinous

8.

Which philosopher talks about the numinous?

a)

Rudolph Otto

b)

Friedrich Schleiermacher

c)

John Calvin

d)

Ludwig Fuerbach

9.

Which theologian claims that all humans, made in the image of God, have a sensus divinitatis?

a)

Carl Brunner

b)

John Calvin

c)

Karl Barth

d)

Karl Marx

10.

The sensus divinitatis can be illustrated by....

a)

Religious worshippers in all cultures

b)

Religious practice in all cultures

c)

The 'grains of God' in all cultures

d)

The 'seeds of religion' in all cultures: semon religionis

11.

Sensus divinitatis is a Latin phrase meaning......

a)

Having an innate sense of the divine

b)

Having an taught sense of the divine within us

c)

The senses of God

d)

Feeling the presence of God

12.

Which form of knowledge is seen in the design argument?

a)

revealed theology

b)

natural theology

13.

He said “The skilful ordering of the universe is for us a sort of mirror in which we can contemplate God, who is otherwise invisible.”

a)

Calvin

b)

Otto

c)

Rahner

d)

Polkinghorne

14.

He argued that nature is not reflective of God because nature is horrible, cruel, evil

a)

John Stuart Mill

b)

Aquinas

c)

Paley

d)

Freud

15.

He argued that having a sense of religion/God was simply a mass delusion

a)

Freud

b)

Dawkins

c)

Polkinghorne

d)

Bonaventure

16.

Freud also argued that believing in God was simply...

a)

wish-fulfillment

b)

fantasy

c)

a dream

d)

a nightmare

17.

He believed that it was a form of arrogance to suggest that fallible human reason could lead people into any knowledge of God. Thought that people can only know God when he chooses to reveal himself

a)

Karl Barth

b)

John Stuart Mill

c)

Dawkins

d)

Freud