Week 22: Homework

Reading Assignment:
Read Chapters 26 of Theology and Sanity, “Habituation to Reality”—pp. 361-370.

Questions:

1. What does Sheed mean when he says that “the facts of religion are not simply facts of religion, but facts”? (p. 361)
2. What is the context of our religion? (Who are the actors and what are the events in our story?) (p.362)
3. What are the three possible relationships we can have towards reality? (p.362)
4. What danger confronts theologians who study elements so far beyond the reach of daily experience? Why must we study creation? (p.364-5)
5. Explain this statement: “The more is means to us, the richer our knowledge of God.” (p.365)
6. How can poets help us see God in creation? (p.368)

Reflection Questions:

1. Re-read section iii on pages 366 and 367. Sheed says that our knowledge of God is enriched by study the created universe; it is a way that God communicates with us. He also says that a much of this enrichment will be spontaneous and unmeditated. If this is true, how might it affect the way we see our work and our hobbies?