While these are good reviews, they are always in the process of change.
First Part of Junior Faith Course:
Introduction & Prelection: "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Section Review and Test Preview
Content assigned: Class began with asking students to reflect upon where they chose to sit in class and why and did it make a difference? Was this decision deliberate, reasonable, good? Or was it emotional, habitual, not a good choice? What about other decisions in your life right now: driving, alcohol/drugs, sexuality, words, how you spend your money and your time, education? What about your view of Jesus, your faith, your religion? What does it mean to be Christian? A Catholic? We also talked about the difference between faith and Faith.
The major assignment of this section is an essay "Was Holden Caulfield a person of faith?" Handouts on Plato's "allegory of the cave," the myth of Icarus, the Indian fable of the nine blind men and the elephant, "The Five Foundational Lessons," "The Key Teachings of Jesus."
Song of this section is : ;Neil Young's "When God Made Me"
(Let me know if you have a better song for this section)
Relevant, personal philosophy usually begins when one finds self pondering real questions posed by life. And one can arrive at good answers and better and answers and poor answers. hence, "the unexamined life is not worth living."
Key Teachings of Jesus. You should know these from your past courses and being Christian You passed a NT course last year. While you should be able to answer discuss all of these, make sure you can answeer those we covered n class indicated with an *.
Who said "the unexamined life is not worth living?" What is Aristotle boat images for the two kinds of men?
What is the difference between opinion, belief and facts? How do these relate to truth?
Was Holden Caulfield a person of faith? Defend your ideas.
What is the difference between faith and Faith (or religious faith)? What were Zanzig's two key and necessary components of faith? What were Mark Link, S.J.'s "four characteristics of biblical faith?"
How important was faith to the main character(s) of Atticus?
How do these demonstrate the idea of faith and its consequences: Eric Clapton and Holden Caulfield. What about Flick Webb, "The Ex-Basketball Player"? Be able to tell a story from your life that illustrates the importance of faith, or lack of it.
List and explain the Five Foundational Lessons. Be able to show how these are real in your life--or explain why they do not apply to you.
Know, understand these great classic myths/stories that have been important in the history of philosophy
"In the present we determine our future." How does this motto of the SLUH Class of 2008 illustrate well the key idea of this first section?
How does the life of Socrates illustrate the key ideas of these stories? How does the life of Eric Clapton illustrate this? Does this help you understand your life? Is any of this real in your life?
Terms you should know: faith, Faith, hubris, existential truth
