I just took a quiz that tells you which theologian you are most like, the following are the results. You can take it here.
You Scored as Karl BarthThe daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.
| Karl Barth |
|
100% |
| John Calvin |
|
100% |
| Jonathan Edwards |
|
73% |
| Martin Luther |
|
67% |
| Anselm |
|
60% |
| Friedrich Schleiermacher |
|
33% |
| Augustine |
|
33% |
| JΓΌrgen Moltmann |
|
33% |
| Paul Tillich |
|
33% |
| Charles Finney |
|
20% |
The quiz only gave me one name, and no percentages. I typically don’t like these ideology quizzes as many of the questions aren’t answerable. I rarely find a quiz author that thinks like I do, so they often pose what I consider false dichotomies/dilemmas. Many of these things try to paint a one-dimensional spectrum or two-dimensional grid when often there should be as many dimensions as questions.
I got Anselm (100%), Calvin (87%), Barth (80%), Luther (73%), and then it drops quite a bit with Schleiermacher and Augustine tied at 40%.
I got Calvin and Barth tied at 100%. The total results are on my new post.
I agree that some of the questions pose false dichotomies.
I had to answer a tiebreaker question. Did any of you?
Craig
@Steve,
Just for fun π . But agree false dichotomies either/ors.
@Kevin,
Interesting, Anselm, you’re just not as “modern” as you think π .
@Craig,
Yeah, I had a tiebreaker, I think I would’ve been Calvin first if I answered sovereignty vs. revelation in Christ (which I knew would give me Barth π ).
My tiebreaker was the same one. Sort of hated to have to choose between the two, because they are not in conflict.
Craig
You Scored as Anselm
Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man’s primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, so God becomes man in Christ and gives God what he is due. You should read ‘Cur Deus Homo?’
Anselm
100%
John Calvin
67%
JΓΌrgen Moltmann
67%
Martin Luther
67%
Jonathan Edwards
60%
Augustine
60%
Charles Finney
53%
Karl Barth
47%
Paul Tillich
47%
Friedrich Schleiermacher
47%
@Craig,
Yeah, that shouldn’t be an either/or.
@Kenny,
That’s fitting for you. You can kind’ve tailor who you want to be by the way you answer π .
I had a tie-breaker also. One game, winner takes all. π I think it was the same tie-breaker. I scored Calvin 100% although I thought there were some questions that would lead me away from Calvin being #1. Must have been the “real” Calvin vs. today’s “Calvinists” that tipped it toward Calvin…. Okay, I just re-took it and ended up at Anselm then Barth then Calvin. What does Sven know? π
My highest was Moltmann (73%) (who I’ve never read a thing by), followed by Calvin (68%). I guess I’m just a free thinker. π
I’m sure it can’t hone in very accurately, and a few questions I had to throw in the middle as unanswerable, but most were polarized. what would have happened had TFT been in the mix?
Barth – 100
Anselm – 93(I know very little about)
Luther – 73
Calvin – 73
Schleiemacher – 60
Edwards – – 60
Finney – 53
Augustine – 33
Moltmann – 33
Tillich – 33
Looks like this, if accurate, puts the Kibosh on the belief that Barth is a universalist.
@Steve,
I agree, what does Sven know π ? Nice! π
@Brian,
Yes, I agree with you; you’re a Free thinker, indeed π ! Of course I’m still Free church, so we’re close π .
@Duane,
I think TFT and Barth, per the questions would be synonymous . . . so it wouldn’t make the quiz work so well. Anselm came up with the satisfaction theory of the atonement, in some ways. I need to read more on hims some day (we used to read in him directly in Seminary, not my can of soup . . . his style of writing π ). Nice, Barth at top; you must like to start with Jesus or something in your theologizing π .
Hey, I’m a free thinker, too! π Too free, actually, for some people, some elders and some churches. π
I didn’t answer too many in the extreme, and I’m sure if I took the test again I’d get different results. Much of the theological flavoring that Sven incorporated is nuanced and difficult to pin down.
@Bobby, why start with Jesus when the Reformed Confessions are already there as a foundation? π
@Steve,
Well I’m somewhat “Free,” my dad pastored an EV “Free” church for awhile π ; but I’m prob. more trad than what some folks would consider “free” as far as my style and personal approach to things.
Well if my alma mater was WTS-California I might be prone to agree with you on the place of the Reformed Confessions π .