The thesis of this book is that western thought has experienced a series of
profound changes in thinking – nothing less than revolutions. Within these ten
trajectories additional shifts and conflicts in basic beliefs occurred.
Chronicling these revolutions should enable Christians living in the 21st
century to understand the flow of western thought – how key ideas persisted over
time; how unique perspectives such as the nature of the deity, the questions of
human nature and the cosmos got their original impetus and developed to their
present state; how ideas spawned debates that remain with us; and how shifts
from theism to secularism have intensified.
"If ideas have consequences, Revolutions in Worldview shows definitively that
ideas also have contexts. For those interested in defending, maintaining and
promoting a Christian worldview, this book gives ample material for considering
the complications and importance of that the work of cultivating Christian
minds." - D. G. Hart
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