CWV-101-RS-T1Review-Online PDF

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Blanca Binkley

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Topic 1 Review This topic review is a tool designed to prepare students for the Topic 1 Quiz. Instructors will grade the topic review for completion. Save the topic review to your computer and submit when complete. When completing this review, answers should be in your own words or quoted with quotation marks, and be drawn from one of the course readings (textbook and lecture referenced below), or other sources listed in the syllabus. Outside sources, including internet sites, are not acceptable. When quoting and paraphrasing, include all authors' last names for citations that have multiple authors. For quoted citations, be sure to include the page or paragraph number(s). The quiz will be graded for accuracy, so take time to seek the correct answers for this topic review before you attempt the quiz. Once you start the quiz, do not exit the quiz until the entire quiz is completed. Exiting out of the quiz before it is complete may result in a zero grade. Please type your answers below each question. 1. List three analogies for worldview used in Chapter 1 of the textbook. Three analogies for worldview used in chapter one were the lenses, Jigsaw puzzle and a story. 2. List the various definitions and descriptions of worldview found in the textbook and lecture. A worldview is a foundational set of assumptions to which one commits that serves as framework for understanding and interpreting reality and shapes ones behavior 3. Match the following worldview terms (Atheism, Pantheism, Theism, and Deism) with the correct description below. a. Belief in a personal and relational God who created and sustains all that exists: Theism b. Belief in a God who created all things but is not relational or involved in the world: Deism c. Belief that “all is god” and in a strong sense of spiritualism but not in a personal God: Pantheism d. Belief based only on the natural or physical realm with no spiritual or supernatural: Atheism 4. According to Chapter 1 in the textbook and Lecture 1, which worldview families use both faith and reason? All worldview are supported by both faith and reason. © 2017. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.

5. What kind of person does James 1:26 speak about? James 1:26 talks about a two faced person who says they believe in one thing but does another. 6. Summarize Proverbs 8:10-11. That things of this world that we desire such as silver, gold, and rubies are not as important as knowledge and wisdom. 7. What is the difference between private and shared worldviews? Private worldview is shaped by a person’s life experiences and shared worldview is shaped by community through time and places and expressed by shared languages and beliefs. 8. Briefly describe the three worldview tests. Practical test – reviews workability and practical value in the most important areas of life and experiences. Coherence test- reviews the internal consistency and rational coherence of worldviews assumptions Correspondence test- reviews a world views ability to provide a cogent explanation of reality. 9. Match the following worldview elements (Ultimate Reality, Nature of the Universe, Human Nature, Knowledge, Ethics, and Purpose) with the correct question below: a. Is there absolute truth? Knowledge b. Is there a God? Ultimate reality c. How do we know right from wrong? ethics d. Is there a spiritual part to the universe? Nature of the universe e. Does life have meaning? Purpose f. Are humans merely higher orders of mammals? Human nature

10. When discussing worldviews, what is the difference between an open system and a closed system?

The difference is that an open system is influenced by the spiritual world and says that there is a spiritual force outside of social interaction. A closed system can’t be influenced by external forces because nothing external exists.

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Blanca Binkley

CWV-101 References

Hiles, J. S., & Smith, A. F. (2015). Evaluating wisely. In Grand Canyon University (Ed.), The beginning of wisdom: An introduction to Christian thought and life (2nd ed.). Available from http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/grand-canyon-university/2015/the-beginningof-wisdom_an-introduction-to-christian-thought-and-life_ebook_2e.php Lecture 1. (2017). CWV-101: Christian Worldview. Phoenix, AZ: Grand Canyon University. Waddell, J. (2015). Seeking wisdom. In Grand Canyon University (Ed.), The beginning of wisdom: An introduction to Christian thought and life (2nd ed.). Available from http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/grand-canyon-university/2015/the-beginning-ofwisdom_an-introduction-to-christian-thought-and-life_ebook_2e.php

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