Worldview: The History of a Concept

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Jul 16, 2002 - Religion - 406 pages
Conceiving of Christianity as a "worldview" has been one of the most significant events in the church in the last 150 years. In this new book David Naugle provides the best discussion yet of the history and contemporary use of worldview as a totalizing approach to faith and life.

This informative volume first locates the origin of worldview in the writings of Immanuel Kant and surveys the rapid proliferation of its use throughout the English-speaking world. Naugle then provides the first study ever undertaken of the insights of major Western philosophers on the subject of worldview and offers an original examination of the role this concept has played in the natural and social sciences. Finally, Naugle gives the concept biblical and theological grounding, exploring the unique ways that worldview has been used in the Evangelical, Orthodox, and Catholic traditions.

This clear presentation of the concept of worldview will be valuable to a wide range of readers.
 

Contents

Prologue
1
Chapter One
4
Chapter Two
33
believers and is capable of fruitfully engaging a
54
Chapter Three
55
Chapter Four
68
Chapter Five
108
Chapter Six
148
Chapter Nine
253
Chapter Ten
291
Chapter Eleven
331
Epilogue
346
Appendix A
349
Appendix B
357
Works Cited
360
WORKS CITED
364

Chapter Seven
187
Chapter Eight
209

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About the author (2002)

David K. Naugle (1952–2021) was distinguished professor of philosophy at Dallas Baptist University. His books include Philosophy: A Student's Guide; Reordered Love, Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of Happiness; and Worldview: The History of a Concept, which won the 2003 Christianity Today Book Award in the Theology and Ethics category.

Arthur F. Holmes (1924-2011) was professor emeritus of philosophy at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Besides The Idea of a Christian College, his many influential books on philosophy and Christian higher education include All Truth Is God's Truth, Shaping Character: Moral Education in the Christian College, and Building the Christian Academy.

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