Questions with Answers
According to Entwistle, what are the five keys to a Christian Theocentric worldview? -
✔️✔️- 1. The essential unity of truth is recognized as grounded in a transcendent God
who created an orderly world.
2. Human capacities are seen as God-given, to be guided by intellectual and moral
virtues and resulting in adoration of God.
3. Reality is seen as a holistic unity composed of physical, social, psychological, and
transcendent phenomena.
4. Human finitude, frailty, and the individual and corporate (communal) effects of sin are
recognized as limiting factors in the pursuit and acquisition of knowledge.
5. Various means of epistemic (relating to knowledge or to the degree of its validation)
inquiry (e.g., rational discourse, empirical investigation, etc.) are recognized as means
of evaluating truth claims though each has unique strengths, limitations, and areas of
application that make them relevant to different forms of epistemic application.
According to Entwistle, what is a worldview? - ✔️✔️- 1. A window through which the
world is seen, framed by the assumptions and beliefs that color what a person sees
2. Shapes how we understand our experience in the world and reflect our expectations
about life
3. A set of presuppositions (assumptions that may be true, partially or inconsistently)
that we hold (consciously or unconsciously) about the basic make-up of the world
, According to Entwistle, what does the Enemies model of integration (Christian
Combatants subtype) assert? - ✔️✔️- Christians opposed to any integration of
scientific and philosophical psychology with Christian counseling. Scripture stands
above Creation as an area for exploration and learning. Any use of psychotherapy or
psychotropic medication is not needed for victorious Christians.
According to Entwistle, what does the Enemies model of integration (Secular
Combatants subtype) assert? - ✔️✔️- 1. Scientific thinking is incompatible with
religious belief
2. Believes in psychology and science but rejects Christianity. Example: Freud, Ellis,
famous atheists. Freud: religion is neurosis, Mechanistic physiology, human rationality,
scientific method
3. Religion is an infantile need that can be supplanted by science and truth
According to Entwistle, what does the Neutral Parties model (also known as the Levels
of Explanation model) assert? - ✔️✔️- Pastors handle spiritual problems, and mental
health professionals handle emotional problems. Psychology and theology are different
topics and are to be handled differently.
According to Entwistle, what does the Allies model assert? - ✔️✔️- 1. Christ is the
Creator of all things
2. Human purpose is expressed when we see ourselves in proper relationship with God
3. We should be faithful in studying the books of God's works and Word
4. God is sovereign
What is one difference between Entwistle's Spies model and his Colonialists model? -
✔️✔️- Colonialists typically adhere to conservative Christian theological systems rather