PART
IV: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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What changes in worldview did the two World Wars bring?
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What are the main differences between the Eastern Orthodox Church and
other Christians? Are they real brothers and sisters in Christ?
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Pius XII condemned the Nazis for persecuting Polish Catholics but he
was silent about mass execution of Jews by the Nazis. What was his reason? Was
he correct in his position?
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What were the main changes in the Catholic church
as the result of the Council of Vatican II?
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What were the main teachings of the Catholic theologians: [a] Teilhard,
[b] Lubac, [c] Congar, [d] Rahner? Were they
Biblical?
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What were the main teachings of Karl Barth, widely recognized as the
most important theologian of the 20th-c? Were they Biblical?
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In face of rapid secularization in the western society, what were the
answers given by: [a] Bonhoeffer, [b] Moltmann, and [c] Bultmann? Were they
Biblical?
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Is there any Biblical support toward the government’s policies of
organizing a system of social security?
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Is there any Biblical support for the emphasis by Norman Vincent Peale
on positive thinking as leading to mental health and happiness? How about the
modern-day health and wealth gospel?
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Can we support: [a] black theology, and [b] feminine theology?
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Liberals tend to concentrate on the questions of social and
international justice, suffering, hunger, oppression, and human rights.
Conservatives tend to concentrate on the questions of orthodox faith, moral
values, personal salvation, inerrancy of the Bible.
Which side is more Biblical? Do we need to emphasize one set of questions to
the exclusion of the other set?
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Should we support and participate in the modern ecumenical movement,
such as the World Council of Churches? Is the emphasis of the WCC on political
questions Biblical?
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Should we support movements to unite different denominations, such as
the United Church of Canada?
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What are the meanings of North-South and East-West confrontations?