Advanced Worldview Analysis
About This Class
In this class, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of advanced worldview analysis, starting with an introduction to the concept of a worldview and its importance. You will explore the various components that make up a worldview, including epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and anthropology. The course delves into analyzing different worldviews such as theism, deism, naturalism, nihilism, and existentialism. Finally, you will learn about the role of the church and individual believers in engaging with culture and responding to worldview challenges, as well as strategies for effective communication of your own worldview.
About the Professor
Ronald Nash
Dr. Ronald H. Nash (1936-2006) taught for over 40 years, teaching in the areas of worldview, apologetics, ethics, theology, and history. He was the author of numerous books, including The Concept of God and Faith and Reason. He earned his Bachelor's degree at Barrington College, and a Master's degree at Brown University, before going on to receive his Doctorate in Doctoral Philosophy Syracuse University in 1964.
Lessons
Discussion of the content of a worldview and the criteria used to evaluate worldviews.
0% CompleteDiscussion of liberalism and conservatism, and statism and anti-statism.
0% CompletePolitical systems fall along a continuum between the extremes of anarchism and totalitarianism.
0% CompletePeople favoring statism support extensive government involvement in education and social programs.
0% CompleteFrom a biblical point of view, statism is evil.
0% CompleteDiscussion of justice on an individual and corporate level.
0% CompleteAn economy based on capitalism has much less government involvement than an economy based on socialism.
0% CompleteInterventionism is a capitalistic economic system in which government gets involved to allow free exchange within a framework of laws.
0% CompleteDiscussion of the strengths and weaknesses of capitalism.
0% CompleteTwo basic concepts of economics are limited resources and the choices we make that reflect our values.
0% CompleteMarxism is an economic system based on the idea of a class struggle with the goal of a classless society.
0% CompleteArticle from The Free Market
0% CompleteThe Bible and Socialism, Moral Defense of Capitalism
0% CompleteWe are responsible to be a good steward of the wealth God gives us to manage.
0% CompleteSome of the root causes of poverty are government, social and religious systems.
0% CompleteLiberation theology is an ideology promoted by people trained in Marxism. True liberation theology delivers people from tyranny, poverty and sin.
0% CompleteChristians ought to care about poverty and oppression. People who hold differing economic and social theories propose very different approaches and solutions to these problems.
0% CompleteDiscussion of the differences between evangelical liberals and conservatives.
0% CompleteGuest Lecturer, Alejandro Moreno-Morrison discussing the inflation of rights.
0% CompleteGuest Lecturer, Alejandro Moreno-Morrison discusses legal positivism.
0% CompleteA balanced approach toward environmentalism is needed because it can be a serious threat to individual liberty.
0% CompleteDiscussion of how people work in a capitalistic system to address environmental concerns.
0% CompleteThe public school system in the United States has fostered functional illiteracy, cultural illiteracy, and moral/spiritual illiteracy.
0% CompleteDiscussion of the pros and cons of setting up a voucher system to fund the education system.
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