Christian Worldview Resources We’d Like Everyone at ORU to Know
from the ORU Faculty Christian Worldview Committee
August 2011
The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog, 5th ed
by James W. Sire (ORU B823.3 .S56 2009)
The godfather of Christian worldview books authored in the US, The Universe Next Door has introduced hundreds
of thousands of readers to the concept of worldview and to the nine worldviews that have impinged on the West,
most of which are expressed notably in literature. It explains each worldview & illustrates them with excerpts
from usually literary texts. It was a 1998 Christianity Today Book of the Year and has been translated into over a
dozen languages and used in over 100 colleges/universities as a text for courses in literature, world religions,
apologetics, and history.
Contents
Preface to the Fifth Edition
1 A World of Difference: Introduction
2 A Universe Charged with the Grandeur of God: Christian Theism
3 The Clockwork Universe: Deism
4 The Silence of Finite Space: Naturalism
5 Zero Point: Nihilism
6 Beyond Nihilism: Existentialism
7 Journey to the East: Eastern Pantheistic Monism
8 A Separate Universe: The New Age-Spirituality without Religion
9 The Vanished Horizon: Postmodernism
10 A View from the Middle East: Islamic Theism
11 The Examined Life: Conclusion
Index
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Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview 2 ed
by Albert M. Wolters (ORU BS651 .W65 2005)
“In print for two decades and translated into eight languages, Albert Wolters' classic formulation of an
integrated Christian worldview [benefits readers by its] clear, concise proposal for transcending the false
dichotomy between sacred and secular.” It defines “the nature and scope of a worldview, distinguish[es] it
from philosophy and theology [and] . . . then outlines a Reformed analysis of the three basic categories in
human history — creation, fall, and redemption — arguing that while the fall reaches into every corner of the
world, Christians are called to participate in Christ’s redemption of all creation. . . . [A] new concluding
chapter, coauthored with Michael Goheen, . . . helpfully places the discussion of worldview in a broader
narrative and missional context.” (publisher’s note)
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
1 What Is a Worldview?
2 Creation
3 Fall
4 Redemption
5 Discerning Structure and Direction
Conclusion
POSTSCRIPT: Worldview between Story and Mission
The Collapse of the Brass Heaven: Rebuilding Our Worldview to Embrace the Power of God
by Zeb Bradford Long & Douglas McMurry (ORU BT1102 .L56 1994)
Fully fitting ORU’s Spirit-empowered distinctives, this book recounts the authors’ journeys from a
rationalistically-leaning Reformed evangelicalism to ministry transformed by unexpected encounters with the
Holy Spirit. It then surveys Western civilization selectively from antiquity through the Enlightenment, showing how
the Enlightenment worldview spawned philosophies that deny or reject God, with grave consequences for moral
and spiritual life. Its analysis includes multi-cultural worldviews, including the authors’ experiences in Taiwan and
Korea, and advocates a biblical, Spirit-imbued worldview that leads to holy living and empowered service.
Contents
Part 1: The Brass Heaven: A Geodesic Dome of Western Design
1 Doug Discovers the Brass Heaven
2 Brad Discovers the Brass Heaven
3 The Nature of Worldviews
4 Where Is the Power? / 5 The Western Worldview
Part 2: How Did We Get Like This?
6 Before the Brass Heaven: Augustine
7 The Brass Heaven: Descartes and His Builders
8 Darwinism: The Geodesic Frameworkd
9 Like Waves in a Pool
10 The Sting
Part 3: Rediscovering Biblical Paradigms
11 The Nature of God
12 Does God Speak? / 13 The Bible under the Brass Heaven
14 How Can We Become Moral Again?
15 Spiritual Gifts / 16 The Demonic
17 Is the Church Human or Divine?
18 The Brass Heaven and the Unreached Peoples
Part 4: Developing a More Whole and Wholesome Worldview
19 The Brass Heaven Is Collapsing
20 Helping People Expand Their Worldview
Epilogue: Redrawing the Map of Reality
Notes
Mars Hill Audio Journal
Ken Myers, Executive Producer (ORU BR115 .M37 v.107; LRC 4th in Audiovisuals cabinets)
This CD magazine of interviews assists “Christians who desire to move from thoughtless consumption of
contemporary culture to a vantage point of thoughtful engagement. We believe that fulfilling the
commands to love God and neighbor requires that we pay careful attention to the neighborhood: that is,
every sphere of human life where God is either glorified or despised, where neighbors are either edified or
undermined. Therefore, living as disciples of Christ pertains not just to prayer, evangelism, and Bible study,
but also our enjoyment of literature and music, our use of tools and machines, our eating and drinking, our
views on government and economics, and so on. We endeavor to encourage sensibilities and habits of thoughtful
cultural engagement through creative audio resources.” (marshillaudio.org)
Contents of vol. 107, Jan/Feb 2011
Disc 1
Introduction
The necessity of authority, with Victor Lee Austin
A theology of happiness, with Ellen Charry
Destroying imagination (or not), with Anthony Esolen
Disc 2
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, with Ferdinand Schlingensiepen
The natural and the supernatural, with Allen Verhey
Handel's “Messiah,” with Calvin Stapert
Shaping a Christian Worldview: The Foundations of Christian Higher Education
edited by David S. Dockery & Gregory Alan Thornbury (ORU LC383 .S52 2002)
Collected essays covering many disciplines address the key issues facing the future of Christian higher
education. With contributions from key players in the field, this book addresses the critical issues for
Christian institutions of various traditions as the new century begins to leave its indelible mark on
education.
Contents
Shaping a Christian worldview / The authority of Scripture /
The lessons of history / Theological and philosophical foundations / The
influence of C.S. Lewis / Christian worldview, ethics, and culture / Faith
and learning / Christian worldview and literature / Christian worldview
and natural science / Christian worldview and the arts / Christian
worldview and music / Christian worldview and the social sciences /
Christian worldview and media / Christian worldview and teaching /
Christian worldview and health care
/ Christian worldview and social work
/ Christian worldview and the world of
business / Christian worldview and
student life / Christian
worldview and campus ministry
Engaging Our World : Christian Worldview from the Ivory Tower to Global Impact
edited by William Adrian, Mark E. Roberts & Reggies Wenyika (ORU BR115.C8 A37 2008)
Essays from twenty scholars (four affiliated with ORU) show how embodying a biblical Christian
worldview impinges on perennial questions and life itself. Topics include these: How Genesis
answers the four most important human questions (W. Brouwer); Why the concept "Christian
worldview" fits the unique experience of reality Christianity affords (R. Kurka); How worldview
competition in the global South differs from the West (D. Button); How Western civilization lost its
Christian mind and can find it again (M. E. Roberts); How well the reasons NT scholar Bart Ehrman
gives for his "deconversion" stack up (E. Meadors); How higher education has abandoned its own
source by expelling "religion of the heart" (R. Wenyika & W. Adrian); How an "engineering mindset"
helps evaluate worldviews (D. Halsmer); Christian Humanism as an exodus from the cultural wasteland
for today's youth (R. Williams); The worldview of John Grisham's fiction (J. Han & M. Bagley); How
using the concept of "design" in a new way strengthens Intelligent Design’s status as a science (D.
Leonard); A new epistle to Wormwood (of The Screwtape Letters) praises compartmentalized .
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Christianity (D. K. Naugle); How an orphaned Japanese girl experienced "the American dream," God's
way (K. Takeuchi); How words, grammar, and style express one's worldview (S. Robbins); What happens to preaching when emotional
response to visual stimuli preempts thought (W. Wilson ).