Everyone has a worldview. A worldview is the lens through which we interpret the cosmos and our lives in it. A worldview answers the big questions of life: What is our nature? What is our world? What is our problem? What is our end?
As Anderson, Clark and Naugle point out, our worldview cannot simply be reduced to a series of rational beliefs. We are creatures of story, and the kinds of story we tell reveal important things about our worldview.
Part of being a thoughtful Christian is to understand and express the Christian worldview. It also means developing an awareness of the variety of worldviews.
An Introduction to Christian Worldview explores answers to questions such as
Why do worldviews matter?
What characterises a Christian worldview?
How can we analyse and describe a worldview?
What are the most common secular and religious worldviews?
Well organised, clearly written and featuring aids for learning, An Introduction to Christian Worldview is the essential text for either the classroom or personal study.
‘Readily accessible . . . a valuable resource for all Christians who desire a deeper understanding of the conceptual foundations of our faith.’
Steve Wilkens, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Azusa Pacific University
Everyone has a worldview. A worldview is the lens through which we interpret the cosmos and our lives in it. A worldview answers the big questions of life: What is our nature? What is our world? What is our problem? What is our end?
As Anderson, Clark and Naugle point out, our worldview cannot simply be reduced to a series of rational beliefs. We are creatures of story, and the kinds of story we tell reveal important things about our worldview.
Part of being a thoughtful Christian is to understand and express the Christian worldview. It also means developing an awareness of the variety of worldviews.
An Introduction to Christian Worldview explores answers to questions such as
Why do worldviews matter?
What characterises a Christian worldview?
How can we analyse and describe a worldview?
What are the most common secular and religious worldviews?
Well organised, clearly written and featuring aids for learning, An Introduction to Christian Worldview is the essential text for either the classroom or personal study.
‘Readily accessible . . . a valuable resource for all Christians who desire a deeper understanding of the conceptual foundations of our faith.’
Steve Wilkens, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Azusa Pacific University
Introduction: worldview matters
Part One: Introducing worldview
1. What is worldview?
2. The importance and impact of worldview
3. Worldview analysis
Part Two: Contours of Christian worldview
4. The narrative contours of a Christian worldview
5. The propositional contours of a Christian worldview
6. Testing a Christian worldview
Part Three: Analyzing worldviews
7. Western philosophical alternatives (deism, naturalism,
postmodernism)
8. Global religious alternatives (Hinduism, Islam)
9. Conclusion
A comprehensive study of Christian worldview and its importance
Tawa J. Anderson (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
is assistant professor of philosophy and director of the Honor
Program at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, OK. He
previously served as a Garrett Fellow at the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, guest lecturing in a broad variety of
philosophy courses. He also served for seven years as the English
pastor of Edmonton Chinese Baptist Church and as part-time Baptist
chaplain at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada.
W. Michael Clark (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary;
JD, Arizona State University) is a law clerk at the Arizona Court
of Appeals. He previously taught at Oklahoma Baptist University for
three years before entering law school.
David K. Naugle (ThD, Dallas Theological Seminary; PhD, University
of Texas at Arlington) is the distinguished university professor
and chair of philosophy at Dallas Baptist University. He is the
author of Worldview: The History of a Concept, Reordered Love,
Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of Happiness, and
Philosophy: A Student’s Guide, a volume in the series Reclaiming
the Christian Intellectual Tradition.
It's all here: a stellar introduction to (1) the concept of
worldview, (2) the contour, content, and defense of the Christian
worldview, and (3) explanation and critique of alternate secular
and religious worldviews. There is little new here, but new notions
of basic Christian belief and practice are often misleading and
sometimes profoundly false. Here the truths of Christian faith
gleam with clarity and conviction. I'm impressed.
*James W. Sire, author of The Universe Next Door and Apologetics
Beyond Reason*
This book offers a refreshing update of Christian worldview
teaching for students of Scripture. It is rigorous and deep for
serious students, yet accessible for the popular reader who wants
to live a muscular Christian faith in our pluralistic marketplace
of world-and-life views. One of my favorite aspects of this book is
its real world examples of worldview thinking and analysis from
Scripture, life, entertainment, and culture—especially movies!
*Brian Godawa, author of Hollywood Worldviews*
It's become fashionable in some circles to downplay the importance
of worldview. An Introduction to Christian Worldview counters this
tendency by offering a clear apologia for the value of thoughtful
worldview construction and evaluation to Christian faith. Moreover,
it provides a concrete comparison of a Christian worldview to
alternative models found in philosophical systems and world
religions. The authors make their ideas readily accessible to
readers, and it is a valuable resource for all Christians who
desire a deeper understanding of the conceptual foundations of our
faith.
*Steve Wilkens, professor of philosophy and ethics, Azusa Pacific
University*
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