Worldviews

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Tutor: Andrew Lim

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Course Summary
Many of us feel less confident about our faith surrounded by so many viewpoints. We will explore the challenge of thinking "worldviewishly" in a culture of many voices.
 
Learning Outcomes

Upon the successful completion of this course, the student will be able to defend their Christian worldview because they will be able to:
  1. acquire a rudimentary grasp and introduction to worldview issues
  2. describe what are the basic tenets of belief that constitutes a worldview
  3. understand the differences between Christianity and some major competing worldviews
  4. go on to develop both their knowledge and their confidence on worldview matters
 

Cost

$80/term for an Emmaus credit (includes assignments)
  

 

Outline

 Week 1  The Plight of the World
 Week 2  Components of a Worldview and the Biblical Worldview
 Week 3  Epistemology - How do we Know; Testing Beliefs
 Week 4  Naturalism and Pantheism
 Week 5  Postmodernism
 Week 6  The Christian Worldview and the Problem of Evil
 Week 7  The Christian Worldview and Culture
 Week 8  Defeating Competing Worldviews

 

Recommended Books

Course Textbook:
 
Living at the Crossroads: An Introduction to Christian Worldview
by Michael Goheen and Craig Bartholomew (London: SPCK 2008)
 
 
1. Colson, C. & Pearcey, N. (1999). How Now Shall We Live? Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers
 
2. Lewis, C.S. (2001). The Abolition of Man. San Francisco, CA: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc.
 
3. Moreland, J. P. (1997). Love Your God With All Your Mind. Colorado Springs, CO: Navpress
                Publishing Group.
 
4. Sire, J. W. (2004). The Universe Next Door. A Basic Worldview Catalog (4th ed.). Downers Grove,
                IL:  InterVarsity Press.
 
5. Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age by Brian J. Walsh J. Richard
                Middleton
 
6. The Transforming Vision: Shaping a Christian World View Brian J. Walsh, J. Richard Middleton
 
7. Worldview: The History of a Concept by David K. Naugle
 
8. Worldviews in Conflict by Dr. Ronald H. Nash
 
9. Discipleship of the Mind: Learning to Love God in the Ways We Think by James W. Sire
 
10. Understanding the Times by David A. Noebel
 
11. Naming the Elephant: Worldview As a Concept by James W. Sire
 
12. Philosophical Foundations For A Christian Worldview J. P. Moreland, William Lane Craig
 
13. Christianity and the Nature of Science: A Philosophical Examination (1989) JP Moreland
 
 14. Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity by J.P. Moreland Paperback - June 1987
 
15. The Creation Hypothesis: Scientific Evidence for An Intelligent Designer (1994) JP Moreland
 
16. All Truth is God's Truth Arthur F. Holmes (1977)
 
17. Contours of a World View – Arthur F Holmes (1983)

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