Oh, you know, these quiz things are sort of fun. Sure, as much as she/he tried to not, the quiz author has injected each question with their own bias. And then there’s the whole issue of whether you slept well or not last night, or whether or not pastor was ‘on’ last week, or some such other reason that this particular morning you are definitely not feeling like a Calvinist, let alone a five-point one.
But I checked and it is Friday, which means it’s time to relax:
What is Your Theological Worldview?
Find the whole list made by svensvensven here.
And since I know everyone has been anxiously looking for a reason (or merely corroborating evidence) to disagree with me, here are my top three theological pigeonholes for each quiz:
Theological Worldview:
Classical Liberal-79%
Emergent/Postmodern-79%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan-64%
Theologian:
Anselm-67%
Friedrich Schleiermacher-60%
Karl Barth-53%
Kingdom of God:
Kingdom as a Christianised Society-83%
The Kingdom is mystical communion-67%
The Kingdom as Earthly Utopia-58%
I always find myself coming to the end of these saying, “No way am I x% y!” Post your top three in the comments if you want.
(HT: Pretty much a whole gaggle of bloggers: Gentle Wisdom, Metacatholic, heissufficient)
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January 11, 2008 at 14:32
These quizzes are quite enlightening (and a pleasant distraction). Here are my results.
Theological Worldview: Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 61%
Theologian: Anselm 87%
Kingdom: Kingdom as a Christianised Society 92%
January 11, 2008 at 14:44
After taking the first one, I was scared off of the other ones. I guess I need to do a little soul searching. Apparently I am Neo-Orthodox. Hm… What kind of church does that mean I need to go to?
January 11, 2008 at 15:23
Theological Worldview: Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan
Thelogian: Martin Luther
Kingdom of God: The Kingdom as a counter-system
None of the results surprise me, considering I was raised Brethren and am currently attending a Nazarene congregation.
January 12, 2008 at 09:15
Oh My – well the results weren’t totally surprising considering the books I’ve been reading lately. Anyoo – 79% fundamentalist
73% Anselm and Kingdom=counter system.
I was raised southern baptist, attending PCUSA for over 20 years and now am attending a non-denominational bible church but longing for deeper worship and community than most church structures afford. Being in a particular “box” doesn’t seem important (since I’m evidently way older than the average bear around here) – I know the flock of which I am a member and my Shepherd. Even ten years ago I’d have been appalled at what I regularly think and do now – our journey through the Shadowlands should teach us that it isn’t about fitting the mold but finding the right kiln. Confusing enough metaphors? Over and out – time for more coffee. Thanks for offering this – I have gotten out of the habit of responding to religious/christian blogs.
January 12, 2008 at 17:30
You know you are a closet Calvinist if you find yourself objecting to the hymn “When We All Get to Heaven.”
January 13, 2008 at 02:23
That was fun. It made me think about my positions on some issues I hadn’t really considered. I came out:
Emergent/Postmodern 75%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 75%
Charismatic/Pentecostal 64%
John Wesley – influence
Anselm 87%
Karl Barth 73%
Kingdom as a Christianised Society &
The Kingdom is mystical communion tied at 92% – so I wonder how that would work out.
January 16, 2008 at 19:13
OK, so I took the tests. The first one said I was Emergent, at 82%—I was also 75% Wesleyan Holiness and 43% Neo orthodox. I even fit into Reformed Evangelical 29% of the time. Then my top theologian was John Calvin! (67%) I aligned with Charles Finney 53%, along with a couple of German guys I never heard of, but 40% agreement with Augustine. I will agree that 20% with Jonathan Edwards is about right.
I suppose the most accurate test was “The Kingdom as…”
on which “counter-system” rated 83% while Institutional Church and “political state” were down at 8%. But Christianised Society and Inner spiritual experience both came in at 67% while Earthly Utopia was 42% and Future Hope was 17%.
It seems to me that the primary conclusion to be drawn is, neither humanity’s nor an individual’s relationship to God is reducible to tests, surveys, statistics, or neat little categories. I must admit, on many questions I selected the number closest to the middle, because I either took the question two ways, or I really could care less.
January 17, 2008 at 09:14
Maybe this will not get published, anyway. I looked at the questions, and decided this was a waste of time. I don’t get the point of these questions, it feels like “shoebox” Christianity to me. All these definitions and statements do not say anthing that is in my heart towards humanity or towards my Lord.
I do not disagree with any opinion or position here, that doesn’t mean I agree either. Where do we get all these names to call each other by from? “closet Calvinist, evangelical, fundamentalis etc.” This is sad.
January 18, 2008 at 03:11
The quizzes were a good distraction. I scored mostly reformed evangelical. And was Karl Barth tied with Anselm at 100% each. There was a tie-breaking question which swung me to Barth.
Don’t we think it is all a bit post-modern that everyone is ok with Christians having so many different worldviews? Does Christianity really have to take the mould of the culture, rather than just… oh.. I’m not sure where this is going.