worldview
People believe things. Christians do so decidedly. We have creeds. Our beliefs form a full theology, a comprehensive worldview rooted in revelation. This introduction to a new series explains the dire need for the Church to understand her own worldview in a culture that has forgotten it, even while still haunted by a few distant memories of it.
The West has seen a dramatic move away from its roots, and the process of secularizing every area of life has pushed religious beliefs and perspectives out of the public sphere. But should we go along with this hard dichotomy between the sacred and the secular? Is this what rendering unto Caesar is supposed to look like? Is this what separation of church and state really entails?
It is commonly thought that man is the maker of his life, his truth, his destiny. But are basic things like family structure and simple morality nothing more than human constructs? Did we invent them and can we alter them at will?
Christians are well acquainted with the admonition to be “in” the world but not “of” it. But what is meant by “the world” here, and how do we faithfully remain in it while not being of it?