Posts and articles for Wednesday

Click here. Please read and annotate this. A printout with annotations is the best idea.

Reading for Friday

Image via WikipediaHere is the link to the assignment for Friday. I decided to go with a secondary source- a 1990 article by a well-known, if controversial, Western scholar of Islam, Bernard Lewis. Click here for the article.

Your assignment is to read the document and critically examine its argument. In particular you should answer the following questions:

1. What is Lewis' thesis or theses? What claims does he make to explain Muslim anger at the west as it existed in 1990?

2. Do you think Lewis' argument stands up in the face of events over the past two decades? Why or why not?

To answer these questions you should either print and annotate the article, or read it online and copy to another document significant quotations, along with your analysis of them (annotations). Print these and bring them to class.

Senior Test Study Guide

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Review for Islam test/Islam section of final exam (seniors)

Terms for Islam test:

Theology-Ethics-Liturgy	Early/Modern History	Contemporary history
Allah Abraham Hagar Ishmael Kaaba Qur'an Suras Muhammad Kadija Mecca Medina/Yathrib Hijrah Hadith/Sunnah Imam 5 pillars: -Shahada -Salat -Zakat -Sawm     -Ramadan     -Eid Mubarak -Hajj	Jihad "peoples of the book" Bagdad Dome of the Rock ibn Sina Ottoman Empire Modernization Colonization Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) Madrasah Gamal Abdul Nasser The Shah of Iran Ayatollah Khomeni Hassan al-Banna Sayyid Qutb	Fundamentalism Sharia(h) Animosity towards the West State of Israel US hypocrisy (double standard) Islamic modernism Tunisian education

There will be four relationships or short answer questions, one from each of the above sections, and one question or relationship that cuts across the chart.

You will be able to choose some items, others will be required.

Study Guide for Thursday's Test

Concepts and terms:

Ethical Monotheism

God as immanent vs. God as transcendent

Covenant/election: Exodus story

Revelation

Abram/Abraham, Moses

Meaning of the 10 commandments

Prophets' role in Israel's history: two stages or genre's of prophecy

Nathan, Elijah; Amos, Isaiah

"Wisdom" literature: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes

Kosher, Kabbalah; Orthodox, Reform, Conservative Judaism

Talmud

Judaism of Jesus' day: Pharisees, Sadducees, Scribes, Essenes, Zealots

Jesus' ethics and apocalyptic ideas

Paul - travels, ideas (theo-anthropology), life

Early church - split between Jewish and Gentile Christians

Luther and the Reformation: lasting significance, key ideas

Indulgences and 95 theses

Luther's life story

Sola fide, Sola Scriptura, "Protestant spirit"

Apostles' Creed: know the theological ideas of each part

Texts:

Old Testament texts in Genesis, Exodus, 2 Samuel, Amos, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes

Recognize and comment on a Talmud text

New Testament texts: Matthew (Jesus' ethics), 1 Corinthians

Homework for Wednesday, April 20th

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Look tomorrow (Tuesday) for a study guide for Thursday's test. Remember the format: 3 relationships, you choose 2. 2 Texts, you choose 1.

Remember also that this will cover both Christianity and Judaism.

Incidentally, the wikipedia page on the Apostles' Creed has some interesting stuff on it.

Study guide for Hillerbrand on the protestant reformation

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Study Questions for Hillerbrand, The Protestant Reformation, sections II-VI

Use this as a guide for your reading of the annotated article on the Reformation. Expect a quiz on Monday, based on these questions and terms.

II. The religious tenor of Europe at the time of the Reformation.

Peoples’ interests?

State of the church?

Abuses?

III. Luther and other reformers

95 Theses, indulgences

Early developments of Luther’s thought:

Church’s response?

Problem of break from the church?

Zwingli:


Anabaptists:


England:


Calvin:


V: Religion and politics

European phenomenon?


Religious phenomenon?


Political role?


VI: Protestant ideals and lasting significance

What doctrines of catholicism were kept?

What was the reformers’ real change?

Sola fide?

Sola scriptura?

“Protestant spirit” - protestant ideas about religion in general?

Max Weber- his theory, pros and cons