God at the Crossroads of Worldviews
Title | God at the Crossroads of Worldviews PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Seungoh Chung |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | God |
ISBN | 9780268100568 |
Chung uses the ideas of theologians like Alasdair MacIntyre and Thomas Aquinas to discuss different worldviews and traditions about the existence of God.
Living at the Crossroads
Title | Living at the Crossroads PDF eBook |
Author | Michael W. Goheen |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2008-11-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781441201997 |
How can Christians live faithfully at the crossroads of the story of Scripture and postmodern culture? In Living at the Crossroads, authors Michael Goheen and Craig Bartholomew explore this question as they provide a general introduction to Christian worldview. Ideal for both students and lay readers, Living at the Crossroads lays out a brief summary of the biblical story and the most fundamental beliefs of Scripture. The book tells the story of Western culture from the classical period to postmodernity. The authors then provide an analysis of how Christians live in the tension that exists at the intersection of the biblical and cultural stories, exploring the important implications in key areas of life, such as education, scholarship, economics, politics, and church.
God at the Crossroads of Worldviews
Title | God at the Crossroads of Worldviews PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Seungoh Chung |
Publisher | University of Notre Dame Pess |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2016-10-22 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0268100594 |
Debates about the existence of God persist but remain at an impasse between opposing answers. God at the Crossroads of Worldviews reframes the debate from a new perspective, characterizing the way these positions have been defined and defended not as wrong, per se, but rather as odd or awkward. Paul Chung begins with a general survey of the philosophical debate regarding the existence of God, particularly as the first cause, and how this involves a bewildering array of often-incommensurable positions that differ on the meaning of key concepts, criteria of justification, and even on where to start the discussion. According to Chung, these positions are in fact arguments both from and against larger, more comprehensive intellectual positions, which in turn comprise a set of rival "worldviews." Moreover, there is no neutral rationality completely independent of these worldviews and capable of resolving complex intellectual questions, such as that of the existence of God. Building from Alasdair MacIntyre's writings on rival intellectual traditions, Chung proposes that to argue about God, we must first stand at the "crossroads" of the different intellectual journeys of the particular rival worldviews in the debate, and that the "discovery" of such a crossroad itself constitutes an argument about the existence of God. Chung argues that this is what Thomas Aquinas accomplished in his Five Ways, which are often misunderstood as simple "proofs." From such crossroads, the debate may proceed toward a more fruitful exploration of the question of God's existence. Chung sketches out one such crossroad by suggesting ways in which Christianity and scientific naturalism can begin a mutual dialogue from a different direction. God at the Crossroads of Worldviews will be read by philosophers of religion, advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and theologians and general readers interested in the new atheism debates.
Hidden Worldviews
Title | Hidden Worldviews PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Wilkens |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2009-12-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830878475 |
Steve Wilkens and Mark Sanford show how to detect the individualism, consumerism, nationalism, moral relativism, scientific naturalism, New Age thinking, postmodern tribalism and salvation as therapy that fly under our radar. Building on the work of worldview thinkers like James Sire, this book helps those committed to the gospel story recognize those rival cultural stories that compete for our hearts and minds.
Mormon Women at the Crossroads
Title | Mormon Women at the Crossroads PDF eBook |
Author | Caroline Kline |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 335 |
Release | 2022-06-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0252053354 |
Winner of the Mormon History Association Best International Book Award The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to contend with longstanding tensions surrounding gender and race. Yet women of color in the United States and across the Global South adopt and adapt the faith to their contexts, many sharing the high level of satisfaction expressed by Latter-day Saints in general. Caroline Kline explores the ways Latter-day Saint women of color in Mexico, Botswana, and the United States navigate gender norms, but also how their moral priorities and actions challenge Western feminist assumptions. Kline analyzes these traditional religious women through non-oppressive connectedness, a worldview that blends elements of female empowerment and liberation with a broader focus on fostering positive and productive relationships in different realms. Even as members of a patriarchal institution, the women feel a sense of liberation that empowers them to work against oppression and against alienation from both God and other human beings. Vivid and groundbreaking, Mormon Women at the Crossroads merges interviews with theory to offer a rare discussion of Latter-day Saint women from a global perspective.
Engaging God's World
Title | Engaging God's World PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelius Plantinga |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 171 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0802839819 |
An inspiring guide for developing the Christian mind extols the crucial roll of Christian higher education in the intellectual and spiritual formation of believers.
Worldviews and Christian Education
Title | Worldviews and Christian Education PDF eBook |
Author | W. Shipton, E. Coetzee & R. Takeuchi |
Publisher | PartridgeIndia |
Pages | 693 |
Release | 2014-04 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 148289503X |
"In Worldviews and Christian Education, editors W.A. Shipton, E. Coetzee, and R. Takeuchi have brought together works by experts in cross-cultural religious education. The authors and editors have a wealth of personal experience in presenting the gospel to individuals with various worldviews that differ greatly from those held by Christians who take the Bible as authoritative. They focus on the beliefs and issues associated with witnessing to seekers for truth coming from backgrounds as diverse and animism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Marxism, Taoism, and postmodernism." -- Back Cover