Worldviews 701: advanced worldviews education
"Before you dive, get the big picture."
Fellow Buzzards,
Blah, Blah, Blah corresponds to Worldviews 101. It's a very basic introduction to worldviews.
I'd be very interested in what resources you, my readers, might think are good follow-ups to Blah, Blah, Blah.
Here are some ideas I'd like to suggest.
Blah sets you up for other worldviews books, what we might call Worldviews 201, 301 and 401. These would include books like George Barna's Thinking Like Jesus, James Sire's The Universe Next Door, Chuck Colson and Nancy Pearcey's How Shall We Now Live" and David K. Naugle's World View: The History of a Concept.
(Do my readers have any other suggestions?)
Once people are thoroughly versed in the issues, they may be ready for advanced worldviews studies.
Here are a couple of online resources that might be useful to you for sharpening your own understanding of the biblical worldview compared to the alternatives and/or for teaching advanced worldview studies.
1. PBS' "The Question of God" based upon a popular course taught at Harvard taught by professor Armand Nicholi that contrasts two worldviews: that of Sigmund Freud and that of C.S. Lewis. See http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/program/complete.html
In the PBS special, C.S. Lewis represents the "faith/religious" perspective (which for Lewis is the biblical worldview) and Freud represents the atheistic perspective.
2. Slates' "Meaningoflife.tv" which is more topical, asking questions about God, evolution, consciousness, free will and the problem of evil -- and having one critical thinker address each problem.
In Slate's series of interviews, conducted by Robert Wright, the respondents on camera are leaders in their various fields, all of whom believe that evolution is true. Most of the respondents do not affirm the personal, communicating God of scripture -- but some of them (like John Haught, Owen Gingrich, Lorenzo Albacete and John Polkinghorne) do.
(Again, do my readers have any other resources you'd like to suggest?)
Yours for your interest in advancing worldviews education for the glory of God,
--Bayard
Fellow Buzzards,
Blah, Blah, Blah corresponds to Worldviews 101. It's a very basic introduction to worldviews.
I'd be very interested in what resources you, my readers, might think are good follow-ups to Blah, Blah, Blah.
Here are some ideas I'd like to suggest.
Blah sets you up for other worldviews books, what we might call Worldviews 201, 301 and 401. These would include books like George Barna's Thinking Like Jesus, James Sire's The Universe Next Door, Chuck Colson and Nancy Pearcey's How Shall We Now Live" and David K. Naugle's World View: The History of a Concept.
(Do my readers have any other suggestions?)
Once people are thoroughly versed in the issues, they may be ready for advanced worldviews studies.
Here are a couple of online resources that might be useful to you for sharpening your own understanding of the biblical worldview compared to the alternatives and/or for teaching advanced worldview studies.
1. PBS' "The Question of God" based upon a popular course taught at Harvard taught by professor Armand Nicholi that contrasts two worldviews: that of Sigmund Freud and that of C.S. Lewis. See http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/program/complete.html
In the PBS special, C.S. Lewis represents the "faith/religious" perspective (which for Lewis is the biblical worldview) and Freud represents the atheistic perspective.
2. Slates' "Meaningoflife.tv" which is more topical, asking questions about God, evolution, consciousness, free will and the problem of evil -- and having one critical thinker address each problem.
In Slate's series of interviews, conducted by Robert Wright, the respondents on camera are leaders in their various fields, all of whom believe that evolution is true. Most of the respondents do not affirm the personal, communicating God of scripture -- but some of them (like John Haught, Owen Gingrich, Lorenzo Albacete and John Polkinghorne) do.
(Again, do my readers have any other resources you'd like to suggest?)
Yours for your interest in advancing worldviews education for the glory of God,
--Bayard
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