4-Mat Review

What is a worldview? On the word of Dr. Lew Weider & Dr. Ben Gutierrez (2013), "A worldview is the reflection of ones' heart; or internal existence, ones' mentality, feelings, and desires. The complete process that brings forth one's beliefs."

Ostrander defines a worldview as “...a framework of ideas, values, and beliefs about the basic makeup of the world” (Ostrander 18). After this definition, he goes on to show the purpose of a worldview, and how everyone has a worldview that shapes the rest of their lives. A worldview explains everything one believes and that is especially important to a Christian.

Throughout this class we have discussed the different worldviews that an individual may have. This class has taught me that a worldview is how an individual understands the world and their place in it. “A worldview consist of what a person believes to be real and true, what a person values, how a person makes decisions, and what forms a person’s desires, longings, and goals” (Fuller, Lecture One). An individual’s worldview is the motivating force behind their every emotion, decision, and action. A worldview is what helps an individual make sense of life and this world. A worldview will provide answers for many different questions in life. A few of the questions that a worldview helps answer are questions of origin, human dilemma, hope, and destiny.

“A Worldviews give faith-based answers to a set of ultimate and ground- ing questions. Everyone operates on the basis of some worldview or faith-based understanding of the universe and persons— examined, or unexamined, implicit or explicit, simplistic or sophisticated. One way or

The first few weeks of class our coursework was based around the book titled Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity by David N. Entwistle. The author takes us on a journey of learning the history of Christianity and psychology integration by exploring his philosophical views and the development of the five models of integration. Entwistle (2010) encourages his readers to consider the integration of both Christianity and psychology and provides us with various times when integration has either been accepted or rejected and researches the dilemmas behind the acceptance and rejection of the two. Entwistle (2010) opens the book explaining the intense topic of science and religion describing the two as a modern debate, yet he says that it is imperative to know that “although these questions have modern overtones, they reflect ancient undercurrents” (p. 8).

What is a worldview? A worldview is a person’s perception and/or belief of things, such as the reason for our existence and what is or is not reality. Regardless of creed, ethnicity, or race, “people of all ages from all across the world have a worldview, which begins its development from the very first interaction they have with those around them” (MacCullough, 2016).These ideas, which our influenced by our upbringing, experiences, as well as through mainstream media outlets, essentially cultivate the ideas we generate regarding all that encompasses life’s realities, which thereby influences our actions

A worldview is a set of assumptions or presuppositions that an individual constructs to answer questions about life. Ones worldview is found at the center of their being. Many compare a worldview to glasses, which provide the lenses through which one views the world. These lenses allow one to answer what Leroy Forelines refers to as “the inescapable questions of life.” Forlines suggests, “It is impossible for us to escape asking such

Dr. Glenn Marin’s, Prevailing Worldviews of Western Society since 1500, contains principle views that have existed within the Western world since the sixteenth century and are explored throughout the text. This work was written as a way to perform sufficient research of the various worldviews by taking into account the various individual worldview’s particular answer to some of the most basic philosophical questions. In order to understand the text and the opinions offered, a worldview should be defined. According to the Oxford dictionary, a worldview is defined as a “particular philosophy of life or conception of the world.” Christians and non-Christians alike lack the ability to explain their beliefs in reference to the most basic philosophical

Worldview is defined as the concept of how one envisions the reality. It is the framework of ideas concerning the world, humans, and life in general. The concept of worldview tends to describe a comprehensive set of beliefs which govern people’s perception of the world. There are some worldview questions that seek to determine the origin of man, the existence of God and much more.

Worldview may be defined as the programming of the mind through which one understands and relates to the world. Just like tinted lenses will cause one to see a “red” or “blue” world, different worldviews will “shade” our lives. Yet, where “red” and “blue” mix, we must choose only one.

A worldview is a one's individual and personal philosophy of life. It is a comprehensive system of and values that form one’s perception of reality. It is the foundation on which life is viewed and built and is therefore the driving force behind every emotion, decision and action. It governs how persons interact with each other, and impacts all areas of life as persons formulate views and opinions regarding matters of life, death, religion, and other decisions made daily.

A worldview is the frame of what someone believe and bases their opinions (Hindson & Caner, 2008). The word worldview comes from the German word Weltanschauung, used by the philosopher Kant in 1790. Kant said that Weltanschauung is each person’s understand the meaning of the world and their place in it (Bartholomew & Goheen, November 2008). When a person talks about a biblical worldview, they are using the Bible to support what they believe. Everyone has a worldview, even if they don’t realize it, and their worldview is impacted by many different sources. World Count: 84

Dodd writes the definition of worldview, “is a fundamental core set of assumptions explaining cultural forces, the nature of humankind, the nature of good and evil, luck, fate, spirits, the power of significant others, the role of

Drinking alcohol is not common in my family, with only an occasional Margarita when eating Mexican, or a Pina Colada when on the beach or by the pool. Consequently, I was floored when I visited a friend and was offered a beer by his parents. Whoa! I didn’t see that coming! I’d never seen my friend drink and knowing he was Baptist, it never occurred to me that his family did either.

Worldview is a framework with sets of beliefs and is a lens through which one sees the world they are in (Rushbult, 2013). People make sense through their worldview as it provides the mirror of the reality, prepares someone’s expectations, and the perceptions they have on their life experiences. During personal life a lot of time has been spent receiving feedback, and attempting to test or refine things in order to shape behavior or to be more fitting to the social fabric of human life. Worldview is influence a lot by culture, religion, where a person was born, and raised. Worldview is like a colored set of glasses that one wears every morning which colors everything one sees in their life. This author believes that a person’s worldview dictates