The ABC-X Model
of Family Stress in the Book of Philippians (Joe D. Wilmoth, Samantha Smyser)
(p. 155-162)
1. What resource in dealing with stress does Paul display in this
passage? “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have
plenty, I have learned the secret of being content in any and every
situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or want. I
can do everything through Him who gives me strength” (Philippians 4:12-13)
a. cohesion
b. communication
c. adaptability
d. social support
2. In Philippians, Paul noted that his imprisonment had prompted others
“to speak the word of God more courageously and fearlessly” (1:14). Although
some individuals actually preached Christ in the hopes of stirring up
trouble for Paul, his response was, “But what does it matter? The important
thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ, is
preached. And because of this I rejoice.” (1:18) Paul found a positive
interpretation (Christ is preached) in his negative event (imprisonment).
This is an example of the strategy of ____ in constructing meaning about a
stressor.
a. religiousness
b. mastery
c. reframing
d. forgiveness
“Are You Afraid to Die?” Religion and Death Attitudes in an Adolescent
Sample (Jessie Dezutter, Koen Luyckx, Dirk Hutsebaut) (p. 163-173)
3. “I think that Bible stories should be taken literally, as they are
written.” This statement is an example of which type of religious attitude?
a. Literal Inclusion
b. Literal Exclusion
c. Symbolic Inclusion
d. Symbolic Exclusion 4. Fear of Death involved feelings
of fear evoked by confrontations with death. Death Avoidance involved
avoidance of thinking about death in order to reduce anxiety. Which two
religious attitudes scored higher on these two death attitudes and therefore
have more difficulties coping with the uncertainty of death and dying?
a. Literal Inclusion and Literal Exclusion
b. Literal Inclusion and Symbolic Inclusion
c. Literal Exclusion and Symbolic Exclusion
d. Symbolic Inclusion and Symbolic Exclusion
Kierkegaard as Physician of the Soul: On Self-Forgiveness and Despair
(Simon D. Podmore) (p. 174-185)
5. What best explains why Kierkegaard struggled so much with unconditional
forgiveness and acceptance?
a. He suffered from manic-depression.
b. He bore the burden of an unexplained guilt and melancholy.
c. He contracted syphilis from his visits to a whorehouse.
d. He was ashamed of his father impregnating a servant girl too soon after
the death of his first wife.
6. In an unused draft of “This Sickness unto Death,” Kierkegaard wrote a
prayer which he later did not include in the Preface. From this prayer, what
did Kierkegaard believe about Christ?
a. Christ is the equivalent to Anti-Climacus, “someone who is no one.”
b. Christ is the subjective realization of one’s introspective, solitary
attempt to know oneself.
c. Christ is one’s highest, idealized fantasy, like the fond father who
indulges his child’s wishes.
d. Christ is the true physician who came into the world to heal despair.
The New Exodus: A Narrative Paradigm for Understanding Soul Care (Charles
R. DeGroat) (. 186-193)
7. Regarding wickedness, what does the author believe that God wants
from each Christian?
a. sin management
b. brokenness of heart
c. changed behavior
d. perfection
8. Which is NOT true about the wilderness experience (purgation)?
a. Helplessness, fear, and confusion are necessary to help Christians
grow in honesty and depth of character.
b. C.S. Lewis said that pain is God’s megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
c. St. John of the Cross noted that God leads people to the dark night of
the soul in order to purge them of “unnatural affection and attachment.”
d. Most popular best-selling Christian self-help books adequately prepare
Christians for a life of suffering.
JOURNAL FILE
Journal of Religion, Spirituality, and Aging. (D. Adams)
Counseling and Spiritual Formation
9. How can therapists help with the spiritual formation of older
clients?
a. Help them to write a review of their lives, identifying their
talents.
b. Help them contemplate the meaning of suffering.
c. Grant them as much decision-making power as possible.
d. All of the above.
Mental Health, Religion & Culture (D. Edmundson & C. Park)
Shifting Foundations: Religious Belief Change and Adjustment in College
Students
10. This study of young people going off to college resulted in all
of the following EXCEPT
a. more religious coping.
b. an abandonment of parental values.
c. positive reframing.
d. some alcohol and drug use.
