Religious Language

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Univocal language
Both words mean same in both cases, e.g black cat vs black car
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Equivocal language
Same words with slightly different meaning, e.g goal post vs post box
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Analogy of attribution
Qualities of ourselves reflect qualities of God - we can see God's qualities by looking at what he created.
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How does Brian Davies use a baker analogy to explain the analogy of attribution?
Bread = good b/c baker = good; attributes of baker --> attributes of bread, even though the two don't necessarily share the two attributes. Same thing with humans/God goodness.
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Analogy of proportion
Properties that something has proportionate to the nature of that thing - e.g "life" different for plants, animals etc
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What does Rudolf Boltmann say about myth?
Taking it literally stops us from understanding its true meaning
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What issues are raised by myths?
What counts as a myth? (they can change, conflict) - how does this affect their communication of truths (e.g "dominion)
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What is the Via Negativa?
Apophatic Way - only talking about God in terms of what he isn't
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Give some strengths of the Via Negativa.
Not anthropomorphic, applicable to all cultures, doesn't limit God
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Give some weaknesses of the Apophatic way.
How can we judge something we haven't' experienced? Negatives amount to nothing - so we are told nothing of God (Flew)
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Why does Aquinas reject the Apophatic Way?
Doesn't allow direct talk about God
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What did Paul Tillich say about religious language?
Symbolic, not literal - e.g cruifix in Christianity symbolises Jesus' sacrifice
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What does Tillich argue is the differernce between signs and smybols?
Signs point you towards something, symbols point you towards something and communicate a wider message
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What is Tillich's first characteristic for symbols?
They point to something beyond themselves - e.g crucifix, traffic light
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What is Tillich's second characteristic for symbols?
They participate in what they point to - e.g a flag participates in patriotism towards country
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What is Tillich's third characteristic for symbols?
Open up usually closed levels of reality
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What is Tillich's fourth characteristic for symbols?
Opens up dimensions of the soul
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How did Hick criticise Tillich?
Unclear - he argued that there is little different between a symbol and a sign
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How did McQuarrie criticise Tillich?
Argued for intrinsic and arbitrary smybols - relate an not related
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