Robert A. Harris
Version Date: July 16, 2004
1. Explain the benefit of contextualizing knowledge claims. (250)
2. What makes the assumptions behind knowledge claims often problematic? (251; see also 258-262)
3. How can the problem of bias by selection of information sources be met effectively? (252-253)
4. What is a major challenge to identifying the worldview of a knowledge claim? (254)
5. What are some factors that can negatively influence the purpose of a scholarly investigation? (255-257)
6. What strategy would you use to check a suspicious fact claim (like the 150,000 anorexia deaths per year)? (256)
7. Explain why the question, "What is mankind?" is such an important key to faith-learning integration. (260)
8. Discuss the role of authority (and attitudes toward it) as a methodological constraint in shaping knowledge claims. ( 263-264)
9. Why is an understanding of the origins and history of a scholarly disclipline important? (264-266)
10. What are the consequences of compartmentalizing faith? (267)