The Significance of Views on Miracles for Religion (AQA A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Realist approach to miracles
Realist approach to miracles
Real events by transcendent God who acts in the world
Anti-realist approach to miracles
Anti-realist approach to miracles
Events with personal/psychological significance, not supernatural
Semeia (Greek term for miracles)
Semeia (Greek term for miracles)
Signs pointing to God's Kingdom arrival
1 Cor 15:17 on resurrection
1 Cor 15:17 on resurrection
If Christ not raised, faith is futile
Providence
Providence
Doctrine that God cares for creation (omnipotent & omnibenevolent)
Ward's 'Epiphanies of the Spirit'
Ward's 'Epiphanies of the Spirit'
Miracles as clues to God's intentions, not arbitrary acts
Tillich's 'Being-itself'
Tillich's 'Being-itself'
God as existence itself, not a being among others
Tillich's 'sign-events'
Tillich's 'sign-events'
Miracles pointing to mystery of being via religious experience
Selectivity problem
Selectivity problem
Why does God select some for miracles, not others?
Dunameis (Greek term for miracles)
Dunameis (Greek term for miracles)
Powerful deeds, emphasising power and strength