Worldviews In Conflict

Author : Kevin Swanson
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0996171916

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As long as Christian liberal arts programs fail to engage the challenges to Christianity in the battle of ideas, they play a part in the continuing decline of the faith in the Western world. It is extremely dangerous to accept the “great” thinkers and writers uncritically, whether it be Karl Marx, Ralph Waldo Emerson, or Nathaniel Hawthorne. The great thinkers and the liberal arts programs have influenced millions of young people to abandon the Christian faith over the centuries. Every Christian student should be familiar with the ideas and the writings that have formed the modern world and that subsequently undermined the Christian foundations in the West. Young people must also be well-versed and well-equipped to engage in the battle of worldviews before they graduate from high school or college. That is why this curriculum is so desperately needed. It includes: Selected readings and summaries of 15+ philosophers and authors, with in-depth analysis of influential literary works Reviews of popular music and movies Prayers to equip students in the war of ideas. This course presents a basic survey and a critical analysis of the philosophers, the literary masters, and the cultural influencers of the last 300 years for the Christian student. In contrast with other literature courses, this text is filled with relevant biblical references and truths that will equip the student to address the false worldviews contained in the “great” humanist works of this era.

Author : Ronald H. Nash
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310877226

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Worldviews in Conflict by Ronald H. Nash Pdf

This world is a battlefield in the arena of ideas. The prize is the heart and mind of humankind. In this book, Ronald Nash outlines the Christian way of looking at God, self, and the world. He holds that worldview up against the tests of reason, logic, and experience, particularly discussing the problems of evil and the alleged "nonsense" of the historic Christian doctrines and of Jesus' incarnation and resurrection. He finds the Christian worldview sound and urges Christians to equip themselves intellectually to defend the faith on that battlefield. He particularly hits the attractions to our generation of naturalism and the New Age movement, pointing out their weaknesses and pitfalls as well as those of older worldviews. "Christian theism," he writes, "is a system that commends itself to the whole person"; but he stresses that a great difference exists between "belief that" and "belief in."

Author : Deepak Chopra, M.D.,Leonard Mlodinow
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307886903

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War of the Worldviews by Deepak Chopra, M.D.,Leonard Mlodinow Pdf

Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on “the future of God,” one an articulate advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist. This remarkable book is the product of that serendipitous encounter and the contentious—but respectful—clash of worldviews that grew along with their friendship. In War of the Worldviews these two great thinkers battle over the cosmos, evolution and life, the human brain, and God, probing the fundamental questions that define the human experience. How did the universe emerge? What is the nature of time? What is life? Did Darwin go wrong? What makes us human? What is the connection between mind and brain? Is God an illusion? This extraordinary book will fascinate millions of readers of science and spirituality alike, as well as anyone who has ever asked themselves, What does it mean that I am alive?

Author : David Whitten Smith,Elizabeth Geraldine Burr
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781442226449

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Understanding World Religions by David Whitten Smith,Elizabeth Geraldine Burr Pdf

Understanding World Religions introduces students to major worldviews—including Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Native American, and Marxist—through the lens of justice and peace. The second edition has been updated and revised throughout. After an introduction to key themes in studying world religion, chapters help students explore major traditions today. Each chapter takes a similar approach, examining several dimensions of each tradition—experiential and emotional, social and institutional, narrative or mythic, doctrinal and philosophical, practical and ritual, and ethical and legal. Chapters feature profiles of major peacemakers or groups to bring the traditions to life. Profiles range from Gandhi and Martin Luther King to Thich Nhat Hanh and Dorothy Day. Further chapters explore liberation theologies, active nonviolence, and just war theory. The second edition features a broader framework than the first edition and includes new material on non-religious ethical norms, Islamophobia, colonial evangelization, religion in China, and an updated examination of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Understanding World Religions remains a powerful introduction to major worldviews with an emphasis on practical connections to peace and justice.

Author : Kevin Swanson
Publisher : Master Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0890519161

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Worldviews in Conflict by Kevin Swanson Pdf

This textbook and teacher's guide includes: selected readings and summaries of 15+ philosophers and authors of the modern world; in-depth analysis of influential literary works including Shakespeare's Macbeth, Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea; prayers to equip students in the war of ideas; reviews of popular music and movies; and vocabulary, study questions, exams, and essay assignments for each section. (See more at: https://generationswithvision.com/Store/2015/04/worldviews-in-conflict/#sthash.mD4sdX8y.dpuf)

Author : Jessie Sutherland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Arbitration and award
ISBN : 0973698829

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Worldview Skills by Jessie Sutherland Pdf

Author : Steve Wilkens,Mark L. Sanford
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830878475

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Hidden Worldviews by Steve Wilkens,Mark L. Sanford Pdf

Why do we buy what we buy, vote the way we vote, eat what we eat and say what we say? Why do we have the friends we have, and work and play as we do? It's our choice? Yes, but there are forces, often unseen, that shape every decision we make and every action we take. These hidden, life-shaping values and ideas are not promoted through organized religions or rival philosophies but fostered by cultural habits, lifestyles and the institutional structures of society. Steve Wilkens and Mark Sanford shine a spotlight on the profound challenges to Christianity and faithful Christian living that come from worldviews that comprise the cultural soup we swim in. The authors 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.

Author : Bettina Schmidt,Ingo Schroeder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134584321

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Anthropology of Violence and Conflict by Bettina Schmidt,Ingo Schroeder Pdf

Anthropology of Violence has only recently developed into a field of research in its own right and as such it is still fairly fragmented. Anthropology of Violence and Conflict seeks to redress this fragmentation and develop a method of cross-cultural analysis. The study of important conflicts, such as wars in Sarajevo, Albania and Sri Lanka as well as numerous less publicised conflicts, all aim to create a theory of violence as cross-culturally applicable as possible. Most importantly this volume uses the anthropology of violence as a tool to help in the possible prevention of violence and conflict in the world today.

Author : Hendrik M. Vroom
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9042020466

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A Spectrum of Worldviews by Hendrik M. Vroom Pdf

This book is an introduction to philosophy of religion from the perspective of a religiously pluralistic culture. It deals with introductory questions such as whether we can we understand, compare, and judge the insights of others and the ways in which people can speak and think about God. It introduces the classical themes of philosophy of religion - immanent and transcendent ideas of God and (im)personality; transcendence, good, and evil; religion, morality and society - using a distinction between cosmic, acosmic and theistic ideas of the divine. This introduction helps us discover differences and commonalities and thus helps further an emphatic and critical dialogue. This book explores how comparative theology and philosophy of religion can move beyond the dead-end roads of relativism and exclusivism.

Author : Vinoth Ramachandra
Publisher : IVP Academic
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015050301145

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Faiths in Conflict? by Vinoth Ramachandra Pdf

In this fascinating and ground-breaking study, Vinoth Ramachandra explores the complex nature of conflict among the major world religions of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity, and also between them and the rising tide of secularism.

Author : Jiangjun Tang,George Leu,Hussein A. Abbass
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781119527107

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Simulation and Computational Red Teaming for Problem Solving by Jiangjun Tang,George Leu,Hussein A. Abbass Pdf

An authoritative guide to computer simulation grounded in a multi-disciplinary approach for solving complex problems Simulation and Computational Red Teaming for Problem Solving offers a review of computer simulation that is grounded in a multi-disciplinary approach. The authors present the theoretical foundations of simulation and modeling paradigms from the perspective of an analyst. The book provides the fundamental background information needed for designing and developing consistent and useful simulations. In addition to this basic information, the authors explore several advanced topics. The book’s advanced topics demonstrate how modern artificial intelligence and computational intelligence concepts and techniques can be combined with various simulation paradigms for solving complex and critical problems. Authors examine the concept of Computational Red Teaming to reveal how the combined fundamentals and advanced techniques are used successfully for solving and testing complex real-world problems. This important book: • Demonstrates how computer simulation and Computational Red Teaming support each other for solving complex problems • Describes the main approaches to modeling real-world phenomena and embedding these models into computer simulations • Explores how a number of advanced artificial intelligence and computational intelligence concepts are used in conjunction with the fundamental aspects of simulation Written for researchers and students in the computational modelling and data analysis fields, Simulation and Computational Red Teaming for Problem Solving covers the foundation and the standard elements of the process of building a simulation and explores the simulation topic with a modern research approach.

Author : Douglas L. Medin,Norbert O. Ross,Douglas G. Cox
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610443906

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Culture and Resource Conflict by Douglas L. Medin,Norbert O. Ross,Douglas G. Cox Pdf

In a multi-cultural society, differing worldviews among groups can lead to conflict over competing values and behaviors. Nowhere is this tension more concrete than in the wilderness, where people of different cultures hunt and fish for the same animals. White Americans tend to see nature as something external which they have some responsibility to care for. In contrast, Native Americans are more likely to see themselves as one with nature. In Culture and Resource Conflict, authors Douglas Medin, Norbert Ross, and Douglas Cox investigate the discord between whites and Menominee American Indians over hunting and fishing, and in the process, contribute to our understanding of how and why cultures so often collide. Based on detailed ethnographic and experimental research, Culture and Resource Conflict finds that Native American and European American hunters and fishermen have differing approaches—or mental models—with respect to fish and game, and that these differences lead to misunderstanding, stereotyping, and conflict. Menominee look at the practice of hunting and fishing for sport as a sign of a lack of respect for nature. Whites, on the other hand, define respect for nature more on grounds of resource management and conservation. Some whites believe—contrary to fact—that Native Americans are depleting animal populations with excessive hunting and fishing, while the Menominee protest that they only hunt what they need and make extensive use of their catch. Yet the authors find that, despite these differences, the two groups share the fundamental underlying goal of preserving fish and game for future generations, and both groups see hunting and fishing as deeply meaningful activities. At its core, the conflict between these two groups is more about mistrust and stereotyping than actual disagreement over values. Combining the strengths of psychology and anthropology, Culture and Resource Conflict shows how misunderstandings about the motives of others can lead to hostility and conflict. As debates over natural resources rage worldwide, this unique book demonstrates the obstacles that must be overcome for different groups to reach consensus over environmental policy.

Author : Eugene Webb
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780826271952

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Worldview and Mind by Eugene Webb Pdf

"Looking at a broad spectrum of religions, Webb examines the relation between religion and modernity and explores what psychological analysis reveals about the relationship between stages of psychological development and ways of being religious that range from closed-minded to open-minded tolerance"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Vainio, Olli-Pekka
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802875044

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Disagreeing Virtuously  by Vainio, Olli-Pekka Pdf

Disagreement is inevitable, particularly in our current context, marked by the close coexistence of conflicting values and perspectives in politics, religion, and ethics. How can we deal with disagreement ethically and constructively in our pluralistic world? InDisagreeing VirtuouslyOlli-Pekka Vainio presents a valuable interdisciplinary approach to that question, drawing on insights from intellectual history, the cognitive sciences, philosophy of religion, and virtue theory. After mapping the current discussion on disagreement among various disciplines, Vainio offers fresh ways to understand the complicated nature of human disagreement and recommends ways to manage our interpersonal and intercommunal conflicts in ethically sustainable ways."

Author : Robert Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317982784

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Religion, Education, Dialogue and Conflict by Robert Jackson Pdf

Religion, Education, Dialogue and Conflict analyses the European Commission-funded REDCo project, which addressed the question of how religions might contribute to dialogue or conflict in Europe. Researchers in education from eight countries – the UK, Estonia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Russian Federation, Norway and Spain – studied how young Europeans of different religious, cultural and political backgrounds could engage in dialogue in the context of the school. Empirical studies conducted with 14-16 year old students included them offering their own perspectives and analyses of teaching and learning in both dialogue and conflict situations. Although there were some different national patterns and trends, most students wished for peaceful coexistence across differences, andbelieved this to be possible. The majority agreed that peaceful coexistence depended on knowledge about each other’s religions and worldviews, sharing common interests and doing things together. The project found that students who learn about religious diversity in school are more willing to discuss religions and beliefs with students of other backgrounds than those who do not. The international range of expert contributors to this book evaluate the results of the REDCo project, providing examples of its qualitative and quantitative studies and reflecting on the methods and theory used in the project as a whole. This book was originally published as a special issue of the British Journal of Religious Education.