3 Credits
This course will survey modern worldviews through the lenses of history, philosophy, religion, and popular culture over the centuries and evaluate their impact on the modern Christian worldview using the primary lens of Scripture for critical evaluation. Students will examine the nature and function of belief structures, then build a personal worldview from a biblical foundation.
Bibliography Sample
- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, ISBN: 978-0060652920
- Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony, Stanley Hauerwas, ISBN: 978-1426781902
- Worldviews in Conflict: Choosing Christianity in a World of Ideas, Ronald H. Nash, ISBN: 978-0310577713
- The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View, Richard Tarnas, ISBN: 978-0345368096
- The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization, Vishal Mangalwadi, ISBN: 978-1595555458