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Worldview for Christian Witness

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Introduction

Part 1- The Perspective

1. Why Should Christians Study Worldview?

2. People, Worldview, and Change

3. Critical Realism

4. Current Approaches of Non-anthropologists

5. Other Approaches: Anthropological

6. Worldview, Religion, and Subsystems

Part 2- Characteristics of Worldviews

7. Functions of Worldview

8. Universals: Categorization, Person/Group

9. Worldview Universals: Relationship, Causality

10. Universals: Time/Event, Space/Material World

11. Worldview Orientations and Types

12. Worldview Configurations

13. Discovering Worldview

14. What Are We Taking to the World?

15. How Are Worldviews Changed?

Part 3- Worldview Change

16. Obstacles and Opportunities in Worldview Change: Person/Group

17. Obstacles and Opportunities in Worldview Change II: Categorization, Causality, Time, Space, Relationship

18. Patterns of Worldview Change

19. Strategies for Constructive Change

20. Reaching Peoples of Three Types

21. Wrapping Things Up

Appendix A: History of the Concept of Worldview in American Anthropology

Appendix B: Additional Worldvew Configurations

Appendix C: Additional Folklore for Discovering Worldview Myths

Bibliography

Index

$53.99
Book Format: Paperback
by: Charles H. Kraft (Author)
In Worldview for Christian Witness, Charles Kraft invites readers to understand REALITY as God sees it by learning to take seriously the insights of other societies asking questions such as:

  • What exactly is a worldview?
  • What are the characteristics of a worldview?
  • How can knowledge of worldviews help cross-cultural workers?

The diversity of cultures can seem obvious, but to really understand the significance of those surface level differences, one needs to understand the deep level assumptions on which they are based.

Endorsements

  • The whole purpose of the book is to help cross-cultural witnesses learn how to discover a people’s worldview, to understand it, and then present the gospel in such a way that it leads to deep worldview change.  The concept of worldview and the need to address the worldview level with the gospel have now come into missiology without much question.  However, applying the understanding is much harder, and that's why this book will help.

    Darrell WhitemanVice President of Mission Education, The Mission Society

Additional Details

  • Pages: 610
  • Publisher: William Carey Library
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publish Year: 2008
  • ISBN: 9780878085200
  • Vendor: William Carey Library