The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog, 5th Edition
Voted one of Christianity Today's 1998 Books of the Year For more than thirty years, The Universe Next Door has set the standard for a clear, readable introduction to worldviews. In this new fifth edition James Sire offers additional student-friendly features to his concise, easily understood introductions to theism, deism, naturalism, Marxism, nihilism, existentialism, Eastern monism, New Age philosophy and postmodernism. Included in this expanded format are a new chapter on Islam and...
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The second edition was updated and expanded to include sections on Marxism and secular humanism, as well as a completely reworked chapter on what is now widely known as New Age philosophy rather than new consciousness. And the third edition offered further updating and revisions, including a thoroughly revised chapter on New Age philosophy and, perhaps most importantly, a new chapter on postmodernism. Now the fourth edition refines the definition of worldview itself, incorporating Sire's thinking and teaching during the past decade and it will continue to aid anyone who wants to understand the variety of worldviews that compete with Christianity for the allegiance of our minds and hearts.
Preface to the fifth edition 91 A World of Difference: Introduction 152 A Universe Charged with the Grandeur of God: Christian Theism 253 The Clockwork Universe: Deism 474 The Silence of Finite Space: Naturalism 665 Zero Point: Nihilism 946 Beyond Nihilism: Existentialism 1177 Journey to the East: Eastern Pantheistic Monism 1448 A Separate Universe: The New Age-Spirituality Without Religion 1669 The Vanished Horizon: Postmodernism 21410 A View from the Middle East: Islamic Theism 24411 The examined life: Conclusion 278Index 287
