Why Think “Worldviewishly?” (Part 1)

Question: What is the benefit of worldview thinking for the Christian community?

In the next several entries I’d like to unpack what I think are several helpful answers to this question. But, before I give my multi-pointed answer, I think it good to do something that unfortunately I’ve never done on my worldview blogs: actually define the term “worldview.”

Here’s my working definition: A worldview is a spoken (or unspoken), consistent (or less consistent), often assumed, though rarely articulated, comprehensive vision of life.

And here’s a more philosophical definition: A worldview is a network of guiding assumptions regarding the nature of reality (i.e. metaphysics), knowledge and truth (i.e epistemology), what we should value (i.e. value theory) and how we should live our lives (i.e. ethics).

The next few posts will bring out the implications of these definitions and show their benefits…