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Essay / Christian Worldview - 1787
IntroductionBartholomew and Goheen (2004) in their research show that, whether we recognize it or not, every person has a worldview. Essentially, every person has implicit assumptions and biases about the world, which in most cases influence how we view the situations around us. Generally, a worldview is a kind of lens that corrupts our view of the world around us. In a unique way, our educational level and cultural background, as well as our upbringing, among many other environmental factors, shape our worldview. For most people, their view of the world is nothing other than what they have observed in the environment. For such people, they would not be able to offer others a rational reason for their beliefs. Naugle (2002). Defining Worldview Holmes (1983, pp. 10-30) summarizes a worldview as a deeply integrated set of attitudes. with the beliefs of a person or even a society about the world. Often, these attitudes and beliefs encompass the totality of knowledge and point of view of a person or society. Subsequently, these can be expressed with precision and clarity involving natural doctrines, fundamental values as well as experiential and prescriptive accepted propositions such as values and ethics. Indeed, all of this is maintained consciously or unconsciously, in a coherent or incoherent style. Not only does our worldview influence how we perceive the world around us, it also shapes what we see or plan to see and how we explain things. This bias is most visible in the way we answer all of life's questions. For example, by placing two people in the same situation, there is a probability that each will define this situation differently depending... middle of article ......ighting Source Inc. Holmes, AF, 1983. Contours d 'a vision of the world. Leicester United Kingdom. InterVasity Press. Nash, RH, 1992. Conflicting Worldviews: Choosing Christianity in a World of Ideas. Grand Rapids, MI: Academie/Zondervan.Naugle, DK, 2002. Worldview: The History of a Concept. Grand Rapids, MI: Eardmans. Plantinga, A., 2000. Christian Belief Guaranteed. New York: Oxford University Press. Schaffer, F. A., 1984. How then should we live: the rise and decline of Western thought and culture. Westchester, IL. Crossway Books. Sire, JW, 2010. The universe next door. Downers Grove, IL: Readyhowyouwant.com.Walsh, BJ and Middleton, JR, 1984. The Transformative Vision: Shaping a Christian Worldview. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press. Wolters, A.M., 1985. Creation Found: A Transformative Worldview. Leicester, UK: InterVasity Press.