PSYC420 / Quiz #4: Enemies
Question 1
2 / 2 pts
According to Entwistle, before understanding a model of integration for theology and psychology, what
must we first understand about the theorist?
One does not need to understand any preexisting information.
How the theorist conceptualizes theology and psychology individually.
The theorist's motivation for integrating the two disciplines.
How the theorist did not develop the model of integration alone.
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
In the Spies model of integration, espionage is defined as
a Christian combatant integrating into the psychology community to share Jesus with them.
a Secular combatant integrating into Christianity to make people doubt their faith.
purposefully walking away from Christianity in favor of psychological explanations.
becoming interested in benefits of psychology to the detriment of theological doctrine.
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
Foreign spies are
psychologists seeking the benefits religion has to offer.
Christians seeking comfort from psychologists.
people who practice a diluted faith while their interest is more in the psychological benefits.
Atheists who pretend to be Christians to gain understanding of the psychological benefits.
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
Which model looks at psychology as something that belongs to God, but which has been overrun and
occupied by people who neither acknowledge nor serve God?
Colonialism
Rebuilders
Neutral Parties
Domestic spies
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following is NOT one of the five models of integration for which Entwistle says he will
provide a framework in the upcoming chapters?
Spies
Parallels
Enemies
Neutral Parties
Question 6
2 / 2 pts
Scripture and nature do not have to be enemies. Why is this, according to Entwistle?
The origins of both are in God's revelation and creativity.
Both clearly exist, and because they both continue to exist without canceling each other out, they are
not considered enemies.
Several times in Scripture, nature is used to illustrate God's power, so the niebuhr two elements cannot
be enemies.
They are enemies, but Christian theology has manipulated them into becoming compatible.
Question 7
2 / 2 pts
Domestic spies are
psychologists seeking the benefits religion has to offer.
Christians seeking comfort from psychologists.
people who practice a diluted faith while their interest is more in the psychological benefits.
Atheists who pretend to be Christians to gain understanding of the psychological benefits.
Question 8
2 / 2 pts
Secular combatants
Are suspicious of all human reason
Fight to protect Christianity and religious authority
Reject religious authority and exalt human reason
Accept the sufficiency of Christ, but use psychological methods
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
What is the main idea of the Neutral Parties model of integration?
Both sides peacefully agree that theology is superior.
Both sides peacefully agree that psychology is superior.
The content and integrity of each discipline is maintained.
Both sides agree that neither has absolute truth, making a third source of truth necessary.
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
According to Entwistle, before understanding a model of integration for theology and psychology, what
must we first understand about the theorist?
One does not need to understand any preexisting information.
How the theorist conceptualizes theology and psychology individually.
The theorist's motivation for integrating the two disciplines.
How the theorist did not develop the model of integration alone.
Question 11
2 / 2 pts
Who invented perhaps the most influential models of the relationship of psychology and Christianity?
Carter
Chase
Clint
None of the above
Question 12
2 / 2 pts
What did the author identify loving to do when he was a boy?
Watching airplanes, automobiles, and ships
Making models of airplanes, automobiles, and ships
Riding in airplanes, automobiles, and ships
a and b
Question 13
2 / 2 pts
According to Entwistle, the allies model recognizes that
Psychology is not found anywhere in Scripture
Psychology has no truth, but subjective theories
Psychology is a science and therefore the ultimate form of truth
Truth in psychology and Christianity are God's truth
Question 14
2 / 2 pts
Conducting research from a uniquely Christian perspective rather than the flawed secular values of
modern psychological paradigms would be the task of someone from which model?
Neutral parties
Rebuilder
Colonialism
Domestic spies
Question 15
2 / 2 pts
What is the main premise of the Enemies model?
Theology and psychology can absolutely never be in harmony, as they believe in different truths.
Theology and psychology will never have the same goals, but their methodologies are the same.
Theology and psychology do not agree on most things, but naturalists and supernaturalists exist within
both disciplines.
Theology and Psychology have a common enemy in postmodernism.
Question 16
2 / 2 pts
Christian combatants believe that
parts of psychology can be integrated into the Christian worldview.
psychology should be completely disregarded.
parts of psychology can be utilized to draw people into the church for counseling.
psychology contains truth, but it is not applicable to Christianity.
Question 17
2 / 2 pts
Albert Ellis's assumptions clearly reflect which model?
Neutral
Enemies
Spies
Colonialist
Question 18
2 / 2 pts
Years after the court case against MacArthur's church was dismissed, MacArthur reflected on the events
in an interview. What did he say?
MacArthur regretted the way his church handled the boy's counseling and wished they had sent him to
receive professional counseling.
MacArthur regretted that his church leadership didn't do more to help the boy. He was still against
involving a professional counselor but thought with more time at the church, the boy would have
healed.
MacArthur had no regrets. The boy's problem was a sin problem, and there was no need to see a
psychological counselor.
MacArthur believed the boy was demon possessed and was beyond saving.
Question 19
2 / 2 pts
John Street, one of MacArthur's followers, came to what conclusion about the relationship between
psychology and theology?
Street upheld the Enemies model in regard to this relationship.
Street strayed from MacArthur's teaching in favor of a more integrated view of psychology and
theology.
Street believed that theology and psychology could both be accepted in their entirety.
None of the above.
Question 20
2 / 2 pts
MacArthur's theological reductionism had what effect on his view of psychological health?
He made a clear line between psychological health and spiritual health.
He reduced the necessity of religion, relying heavily on psychology.
He viewed psychological health and spiritual health as the same entity; there was no differentiation.
He thought that with spiritual health and psychological health shared an inverse relationship.
Question 21
2 / 2 pts
Freud went so far as to compare religion to
childhood neurosis.
demonic possession.
a state of ignorance.
childlike faith.
Question 22
2 / 2 pts
In Freud's view, psychological and sociological forces are responsible for our belief in God, who is "an
exalted father."
True
False
Question 23
2 / 2 pts
What does MacArthur use to support his claim that Scripture is sufficient for psychological well-being?
Writings by C. S. Lewis
Scripture
His own faith. He thought his life was enough of a testimony to this fact.
Scholarly research
Question 24
2 / 2 pts
Albert Ellis had strong opinions on religion in his early work. What statement most accurately describes
his earliest thoughts?
Ellis was resolutely against religion, but did not think less of those who followed religion.
Ellis encouraged his patients to explore religion as a way of helping them cope.
Ellis strongly believed religion was an indication of mental illness.
Ellis was concerned that religion would put holes in his psychological theories, so he generally avoided it.
Question 25
2 / 2 pts
Freud had open and intentional dialogue with religious people. What might Christians have to gain from
these conversations with someone so dedicated to the integrity of psychology?
It's an opportunity to convert someone to Christianity.
There are some psychological techniques and ideas that can benefit Christians and non-Christians alike.
Although psychological techniques are not specifically applicable to Christians, they can be manipulated
so that they can be implemented within the Christian lifestyle.
There is nothing Christians could have gained from these conversations. They were probably a waste of
time.
Question 26
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following illustrations was used in the Antagonism video as an example of enemies?
Israelis and Palestinians
Irish Catholics and British Protestants
Ukrainian separatists and Russian loyalist
Red Sox and Yankees
Question 27
2 / 2 pts
What are the two types of the Enemies model?
Christian soldiers and secular soldiers
Religious soldiers and naturalist soldiers
Religious combatants and naturalist combatants
Christian combatants and secular combatants
Question 28
2 / 2 pts
What type of training is necessary for Nouthetic counseling?
psychological
theological
some psychological, but mostly theological
psychological, but filtered through theological
Question 29
2 / 2 pts
What is the basic presupposition of the Nouthetic counseling movement?
Counseling theories must be filtered through Scripture
Christian counselors have the only true counseling theories
The only counseling text is Scripture
The cause of pathology is due to nouthesia
Question 30
2 / 2 pts
The word noutheteo means
warn, admonish
