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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who became one of Bonhoeffer's teachers?
2. What is the first book of the Bible?
3. What is the last book of the Bible?
4. How was Bonhoeffer executed?
5. What does Bonhoeffer say is the sole and entire purpose of Christian community fellowship together?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Bonhoeffer, what do the books of the Bible between Genesis and Apocalypse describe?
2. According to Bonhoeffer, what is the effect of faith on logic?
3. What did Bonhoeffer say about Christian brotherhood that is perceived, or sensed? Why?
4. According to Bonhoeffer, as an adult Christian reads the Bible daily, what should happen?
5. What, according to Bonhoeffer, is a Christian's source of guilt or innocence?
6. Where are Bonhoeffer and his family held from 1943 to October 1944?
7. Why does Bonhoeffer say that a Christian community is different from any other form of human community?
8. In Chapter 2, why is Bonhoeffer so insistent that singing should be done in unison?
9. What does the book of Genesis describe?
10. What does Bonhoeffer learn in childhood about Christianity that shapes his theology as an adult?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 2, Bonhoeffer spends quite a bit of time explaining his beliefs about the importance of early-morning devotions in the life of his seminary. Using examples from the text, explain:
1) the activities undertaken by the seminary community at dawn during their devotions, then analyze why it--in Bonhoeffer's opinion--would not have been equally effective for these activities to take place at lunch, or just before bed.
2) why Bonhoeffer believed Christians should begin the new day with hymns and the Word of God. Compare and contrast, your own opinion of the peaceful way that Bonhoeffer says this starts the day with the way you start a typical day. Is the way you start your day as peaceful and stress-free as the way in which Bonhoeffer's seminarians start theirs, even though they're in the middle of a war and engaging in activity their government has deemed illegal?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 2, Bonhoeffer speaks at length about the Psalter (the book of Psalms, which he used for a hymnbook in his seminary). Using the text to support your statements, please explain the three things that Bonhoeffer believed could be learned from the Psalter. Then, compare and contrast these three things with the lessons and themes taught in the popular music of today.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 4, Bonhoeffer said that a community fellowship needs both weak and strong members to survive and thrive. Explain what this statement means and provide examples both from the text and from current events as well as from your community that show how both weak and strong members enable a community to survive and thrive.
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