How did the new ideas introduced in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries challenge Christianity?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. Lyell's Principles of Geology challenged biblical explanations of the Earth's origin, geological change, and extinction of species.
b. Darwin's theory of evolution challenged the unique place of humanity in a universe created by God and replaced divine intervention with natural selection as the driving force of change in nature.
c. Nietzsche's attack on Christianity led to a fundamental questioning of Western civilization.
d. Pasteur's discovery of bacteria as the carrier of disease challenged traditional Christian explanations for disease as divine acts; science replaced theology as the authority on such questions.
e. As new anesthetics became available, people ignored theological arguments that pain had to be endured.
f. Durkheim's sociological analysis of religion focused on the utility rather than the truth of Christian theology.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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Answer:
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A) They feared that immigrants would try to assimilate into the American society. B) They worried that the unskilled immigrants would lower factory standards. C) They feared that the government would give immigrants equal rights. D) They felt that immigrants would monopolize newly available western lands. E) They worried that the new immigrants could not be assimilated.
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A) He believed too greatly in planned deficits, spending too much of the country's reserves to rescue the economy. B) He failed to see the importance of planned deficits, which could have stopped the Great Depression before it even started. C) He relied too greatly on planned deficits, inhibiting his ability to truly rescue the U.S. economy. D) He tried to avoid planned deficits, seeking a balanced budget when he ought to have spent more. E) He avoided planned deficits, spending too much on his New Deal programs and nearly bankrupting the United States.