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Marie
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Jan 03, 2016 01:02AM
Any good recommendations on worldview? I know the topics are meant to be open ended, but I am struggling to define this one. Haha, maybe its more like I don't want to choose as I can think of lots of good options...
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Vinoth Ramachandra would be an excellent choice for this category. He's a Sri Lankan physicist/theologian and if that doesn't catch your fancy I don't know what will.
I like to be challenged in my worldview and his book "Gods That Fail: Modern Idolatry and Christian Mission" is all about how we as Westerners equate certain parts of our worldview as inherently Biblical when really they're just Western (capitolism, for example). He's a Christian, I think that book is published by IVP, but he's NOT Western and that will shake your worldview in a really good way.
I like to be challenged in my worldview and his book "Gods That Fail: Modern Idolatry and Christian Mission" is all about how we as Westerners equate certain parts of our worldview as inherently Biblical when really they're just Western (capitolism, for example). He's a Christian, I think that book is published by IVP, but he's NOT Western and that will shake your worldview in a really good way.
A book I would suggest is The Global Gospel. It deals with issues related to honor and shame and the gospel. I've read some of it, but plan to read it all for this very topic.
Anything from Francis Schaeffer should be good. Try How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture, The God Who Is There, or A Christian Manifesto.
Nancy Pearcey's Saving Leonardo: A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals, and Meaning is a great read!
Books mentioned in this topic
Think Biblically!: Recovering a Christian Worldview (other topics)Saving Leonardo: A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals, and Meaning (other topics)
How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture (other topics)
The God Who Is There (other topics)
A Christian Manifesto (other topics)







