Sooner or later we all realize that many of the people around us have a very different way of looking at the world. At some times it is merely perplexing, while at others is it downright threatening. How can we claim to know the “truth� when there are so many options? How can we even understand some of the people around us, much less evangelize them?
In this class we will survey the major world views that surround us today and discuss their origins, strengths and weaknesses. We will discover the biblical answers to the fundamental worldview questions and consider our Christian response to the “other worlds� that surround us.
Textbook
James W. Sire, The Universe Next Door, 3rd ed. (IVP, 1997)
Recommended Reading
Francis A. Schaeffer, The God Who is There (IVP, 1968)
Ronald H. Nash, Worldviews in Conflict (Zondervan, 1992)
Philip Johnson, Darwin on Trial
Philip Johnson, Reason in the Balance
Stanley J. Grenz, A Primer on Postmodernism (Eerdmans, 1996)
Gene Edward Veith, Jr., Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture (Crossway, 1994)
Brian Godawa, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom & Discernment (IVP, 2002)
Nick Pollard, Evangelism Made Slightly Less Difficult: How to Interest People Who Aren’t Interested (IVP, 1998)
Paul Johnson, Intellectuals