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Religion terms
!850-1970s
Question | Answer |
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What is Pentecostalism? | Protestants that emphasized god's supernatural intervention in everyday life and healing or speaking in tongues-Fastest growing religion |
What is the invisible institution? | Secret meetings for Southern Africans where they could worship without white pastors. |
Who is Carter? | Evangelical-political liberal-politics-religious right |
What is american colonization? | Free the slaves then send them back to Africa |
What is common sense realism? | Have the same sense of what is real, the bible is clear and can be directly applied to our modern life. Common people can read the bible accurately. |
What are the two forms of Judaism? | Reform (Ritual law not binding and emphasizes reason), Conservative (Entire law is binding, not much interpretation) |
Who is William J. Bryan? | Didn't believe in evolution being taught in schools. |
Who is Clarence Darrow? | thought fundamentalism and conscrictism were ceasing to exist. |
What is the Fundamentalist/Modernist Controversy? | Modernists don't believe in the fundamentals, but fundamentalists do although they don't expect everyone else to. |
Who is Dorothy Day? | Co-founded the Catholic worker about social justice and religious principles. |
Who is Billy Graham? | Worked with non-fundamentalists. |
What was the Vatican II? | Council that laid the foundation for religion today. Allowed Catholics to pray with other christian denominations and opened doors for other languages besides Latin to be used in mass. |
What was the Declaration of religious freedom? | Acknowledged separation of church and state. Fewer monks, nuns, and priests, and more church as a whole influence and 1965 immigration act. |
What is the Human Vitae(1968)? | looked at artificial birth control and kept that stand, but some catholics listened to their conscience over their church. |
What is the feminine mystique? | Book written by Betty Friedan which is credited for sparking the second-wave feminism. |
Who is Malcolm X? | Says black people need to stop asking white people for rights and go out and get them. |
What is the immigration act of 1965? | A set of criteria that was supposed to help determine who could immigrate to America. |
Who is Jerry Falwell? | Involved with religious right and said, "I am a pastor, not a politician." |
What is a fundamentalists? | Believe in the 5 fundamentals, but don't think others should have to. |
What is a modernist? | Doesn't believe in the 5 fundamentals, but sides more with reason and experience. |
What is an evangelical? | Believe in centrality of the conversion or "born again" experience. |
What is black nationalism? | Post 1965 belief that blacks should fight for religious rights. |
What is the fugitive slave act of 1850? | All escaped slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters. |
Who is William Lloyd Garrison? | Says bible might be wrong. |
How does Herberg define the American way of life? | A spiritual structure of ideas and ideals- the common religion of America- democracy- forward looking and optimistic- progress and education |
What is the difference between religious right and Evangelicalism? | Religious right believes humans are ultimate authority and Evangelicals believe God is ultimate authority. |
Who is pre-1965 MLK? | A very religious and non-violent man who fought for black rights. |
Who is post-1965 MLK? | No more negotiations and starts acting and is more angry. |
What caused the change in MLK? | Vietnam war broke his relationship with Johnson and things for blacks weren't changing. |
What is black theology? | seeks to get rid of christian God and replace it with the god of black freedom and the values of it. |
What is feminist theology? | Believes God could be a woman and there should be more equality for women in the bible. |
What is "male" or "white" theology? | Doesn't recognize women or people of color and is very unequal. |
What is religious right? | -school prayer -Separation of Church and State -People wanted freedom to practice their own religion. |
What are the two branches of Islam? | sunni (90%) and shi'ite(10%) |