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| What are some arguments for faith based schools |
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Definition
-Social cohesion depends on curriculum, not interaction
- faith based schools set-up as a recluse from institutional racism |
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| What was the Second Vatican Council |
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Definition
1962-65
- Pope John XXIII
-called to 'open windows and let in air'
- purpose to articulate the church's relation to the modern world
-involves both a return to sources and openness to new situations
– said there was truth in all religions, which was a very important tradition for the Catholic church, because it suggested collaboration. It also said the church should be open to people from other denominations. This is a great change from the church whose duty was to convert everyone etc. |
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| What is Liberation Theology all about? |
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Definition
1)Asks for a shift in perspective - says that religious establishment is too concerned with skeptics, but these people don't matter; our main challenge is from non-humans status of men and women, and the main focus should be on helping poor people
2) Calls for re-thinking of theological worldview - liberation theology focuses on 'God of Life' - no salvation till body suffers from lack of food, shelter, water
3) Imagining a new egalitarian order
- goal to make the nonhuman human - need to understand why people are poor. Can make a difference through charity, universal heath care and economic democracy. |
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| When does Islam consider life to have started |
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Definition
| 120 days after fertilization |
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| What does neo-modernization theory assert? |
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Definition
the rise of religious fundamentalism is because of lack of adequate modernization. The reason why its emerging now was because for a long time there was a developmental state that put a lid on religious differences.
- sees fundamentalism in tradition |
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| what does post development theory assert about fundamentalism? |
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Definition
says that a return of fundamentalism is because modernization has taken place and people feel unable to reconcile modernization with their faith.
- sees fundamentalism in modernization |
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| what 4 areas do secular visions of development conflict with religion visions? |
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Definition
1) women's reproductive rights
2) Education -
3) place of religion in liberal democracy - secular says states should not impose a vision of 'good'
4) epistemology - knowledge, what distinguishes belief from opinion - difference between religious and secular traditions |
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| what are 4 stories that show the dynamic character of religion |
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Definition
1) Second Vatican COuncil 1962-65.
2) liberation theology in the late 60s
3) changing Islamic tradition in response to capitalism - some reject, say private property and classes isolate people
4) ijtihad - engaging in individual reasoning - one analyses the unique data of a current moral problem, and argues from Quranic principles, using analogy and logic to come to the beset and most reasonable solution |
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