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Author:   James W. Sire ,  Jim Hoover
Publisher:   IVP Academic
Imprint:   IVP Academic
Edition:   Sixth Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780830849383

ISBN 10:   0830849386
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   04 August 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword to the Sixth Edition by Jim Hoover Preface to the Fifth Edition 1. A World of Difference: Introduction 2. A Universe Charged with the Grandeur of God: Christian Theism 3. The Clockwork Universe: Deism 4. The Silence of Finite Space: Naturalism 5. Zero Point: Nihilism 6. Beyond Nihilism: Existentialism 7. Journey to the East: Eastern Pantheistic Monism 8. A Separate Universe: The New Age—Spirituality Without Religion 9. The Vanished Horizon: Postmodernism 10. A View from the Middle East: Islamic Theism 11. The Examined Life: A Live Worth Living 12. Building a Christian Worldview for the Twenty-First Century: A Work in Progress Appendix: Worldview Diagrams and Thumbnail Sketches Index

Reviews

For anyone concerned to understand the culture in which we are called to work and witness, which ought to be all of us, this is still an indispensable resource. --David McKay, The Covenanter Witness, June 2010 Read as a whole it traces a convincing history of the evolution of worldviews (particularly in the West), as well as providing a robust defence of the enduring validity of the Christian faith . . . an excellent introduction. --Dr. Alan Kerry, Faith Thought, October 2010

Author Information

James W. Sire (1933–2018) was a widely respected apologist, author, and lecturer who worked for more than thirty years as senior editor at InterVarsity Press. He also served as a professor of English literature, philosophy, and theology and as a lecturer at over two hundred universities in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. His many books include Naming the Elephant: Worldview as a Concept, Apologetics Beyond Reason, Habits of the Mind, and the seminal text The Universe Next Door, which has sold over 350,000 copies.

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