Worldview : the history of a concept / David K. Naugle; foreword by Arthur F. Holmes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-359) and index.

Prologue : Uncle Andrew in C.S. Lewis's The magician's nephew -- 1. The wonder of worldview I : Protestant evangelicalism. Original worldview thinkers in Protestant evangelicalism. James Orr ; Gordon H. Clark and Carl F.H. Henry ; Abraham Kuyper -- Herman Dooyeweerd ; Francis A. Schaeffer -- 2. The wonder of worldview II : Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Roman Catholicism ; Eastern Orthodoxy -- 3. A philological history of "worldview". Word studies on Weltanschauung ; The first use of Weltanschauung in Immanuel Kant ; The use of Weltanschauung in German and other European languages -- Weltanschauung and "worldview" in the English-speaking world -- 4. A philosophical history of "worldview" : the nineteenth century. "Worldview" in G.W.F Hegel ; "Worldview" and "Lifeview" in S²ren Kierkegaard ; "Worldview" in Wilhelm Dilthey -- "Worldview" and perspectivism in Friedrich Nietzsche -- 5. A philosophical history of "worldview" : the twentieth century. "Worldview" in Edmund Husserl ; "Worldview" in Karl Jaspers ; "Worldview" in Martin Heidegger --

6. A philosophical history of "worldview" : the twentieth century II : "Worldview" and "world picture" in Ludwig Wittgenstein ; Donald Davison on "conceptual schemes" ; "Worldview" and postmodernity -- 7. A disciplinary history of "world view" I : the natural sciences. Michael Polanyi's tacit dimension and personal knowledge in the natural sciences ; Thomas Kuhn's paradigm revolution in the philosophy of science -- 8. A disciplinary history of "worldview" II : The social sciences. "Worldview" in psychology. Sigmund Freud : "The question of a Weltanschauung" ; C.G. Jung : "Psychotherapy and a philosophy of life" -- "Worldview" in sociology. Karl Mannheim : "On the interpretation of Weltanschauung" ; Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann : The sociology of knowledge and sacred canopy ; Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels : Worldview and ideology -- "Worldview" in cultural anthropology. Michael Kearney : Worldview ; Robert Redfield : The primitive and modern worldviews --

9. Theological reflections on "worldview". Worldviews and "worldview" -- Christian worldview and "worldview" : Issues of objectivity ; Issues of subjectivity ; Issues of sin and spiritual warfare ; Issues of grace and redemption -- 10. Philosophical reflections on "worldview". Worldview and semiotics ; Worldview and narrative ; Worldview and reason ; Worldview and hermeneutics ; Worldview and epistemology -- 11. Concluding reflections. Dangers of worldview ; Benefits of worldview -- Epilogue : Eustace in C.S. Lewis's The voyage of the "Dawn Treader" -- Appendix A: Synopses of additional evangelical worldview contributions : James H. Olthuis ; Brian J. Walsh and J. Richard Middleton ; Albert M. Wolters ; Arthur F. Holmes ; James W. Sire ; Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey -- Appendix B: A bibliography of books on the Christian worldview not addressed in this volume.