Your response should be organized using the CEC method (Clai…

Your response should be organized using the CEC method (Claim, Evidence, Commentary). Support your answer with specific examples from the text (not quotes–just specific examples that show you are knowledgeable of the material). Responses should demonstrate careful reading of the play and thoughtful analysis. Answers that are vague, too brief, or lack textual support will not receive full credit.   Question: Both Candide and Tartuffe feature characters who believe too completely in something — Orgon in Tartuffe’s false piety, Candide in the philosophy that everything happens for the best. In your opinion, what do these two works together suggest about the dangers of uncritical belief? Do you think either text offers a solution, or do both simply diagnose the problem? Use specific examples from both works to develop your argument.

A student in a parish prayer group dismisses the doctrine of…

A student in a parish prayer group dismisses the doctrine of the Trinity as an abstract technical formula relevant only to professional theologians, with no bearing on how ordinary Christians live their daily lives. Based on the notes’ account of the “depth grammar” of trinitarian doctrine, the best theological response is that:

A student dismisses the Marxist critique of religion — that…

A student dismisses the Marxist critique of religion — that doctrines of God function ideologically to sanction existing conditions of exploitation and justify the status quo — as simple anti-Christian propaganda that theology has no obligation to engage seriously. Based on the notes, the more theologically adequate response is that:

A student in a systematic theology course describes God as a…

A student in a systematic theology course describes God as a kind of divine committee — three completely equal and perfectly independent divine beings who have freely chosen to cooperate in the projects of creation and redemption. Based on the notes, this description falls into the heresy of: