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Sixth Part of Faith Course:
Jesus: Model of Faith, Model of Humanity.
Section Review and Test Preview
Content assigned: Section on Religious Faith in the Readings Book. To begin this section we will read the Gospel of Luke and some parts of the epistles. We also will read Jesus's Sermon on the Mount in Matthew. And we may read:
- William O'Malley S.J.'s: "Understanding Jesus" and "The Moral Practice of Jesus"
- Monika Hellwig's "Finding God in All Things"
Web site assignment
Videos:
Section Review Questions:
- How does the Readings answer the question, "Are there reasons to believe?"
- Summarize "knowledge of God via the natural world." Be able to describe each.
Are any of these convincing? Which for you are most persuasive?
- Summarize "knowledge of God via the human person." Be able to describe each.
- argument from religious experience
- argument from conscience
- argument from natural law
Images of faith: The Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, Jesus. Cite five passages in which Jesus shows us what faith/Faith is. He may do this by words or actions.
- Give three major ideas from William O'Malley's articles: "Understanding Jesus."
- Know these key teachings of Jesus'
- Summarize what Jesus shows us in his life and teachings about God, about the meaning of life, about reason, about morality, and about what it means to be human.
- You should have read, marked, learned from these two articles:
- Monika Hellwig's Finding God in All Things
- The Jews News
Journal Directions
Web assignment
Some extra credit suggestions
- from the last section but a fitting ending to this Faith course: Write and submit a "This I Believe" segment. You have to read and follow the essay writing tips.
- Two part essay:
(1) What does it really mean to be a Christian? What are the essentials that have to be there for a person really to be a Christian?
(2) Are you a Christian? Explain.
- Answer the question Jesus asks of Peter "Who do you say that I am?" In this make it clear the model of faith and the model of what it means to be human communicated in the words and action of this man.
IMPORTANT WEB SITES FOR CATHOLICS:
Archdiocese of St. Louis Prayer & Faith Resources | The Catholic Encyclopedia | Catechism of the Catholic Church | Theology Library
REALLY GOOD WEB SITES FOR PHILOSOPHY, ETHICS & CURRENT ISSUES
National Catholic Bioethics Center |
Ethics Update | Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
Good, informative media: PBS | NPR | PBS NOW | Frontline on PBS | Speaking of Faith on NPR | Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
NPRs This I Believe
source apple.com
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