Worldview Definition

James W. Sire gives us a definition in his book Naming the Elephant of worldview as it being “composed of a number of basic presuppositions, more or less consistent with each other, more or less unconsciously held, more or less true. These presuppositions are generally unquestioned by each of us, rarely if ever mentioned by our friends, and brought to mind only when we are challenged by a foreigner from another ideological universe” (Sire, 20). I would have to say, that I find this definition quite a challenge to understand. Reading this quote per bedim provokes some thought as to what the true meaning really is. I am not quite sure why he gives a definition that an average person has difficulty understanding. I don’t know, maybe it’s just …show more content…
Simply put, it is a set of beliefs about the most important issues in life…it is a concept by which we consciously or unconsciously place or fit everything we believe and we interpret and judge reality” (Sire, 40). Through my research, much of Ronald Nash’s beliefs on worldview comes from his religious beliefs. He feels that “worldview thinking has important links to religious beliefs.” According to Nash, “worldview thinking has become an important tool to help Christians understand, explain, and defend the Christian faith. Every human being has a worldview, even though many are uninformed about what a worldview is and the power that worldviews have over the way we think and behave. A worldview is the total of answers people give to the most important questions in life” (www.kilvinho-kh.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-is-worldview-by-ronal-h-nash-html). Nash’s theory of worldview is broken down into five categories. He believed that all people were subject to the premises that how we act comes from five basic principles. The definition of these five categories give Nash’s theory a broad array of meaning and explanation of our actions that include much of the world as we know