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Naming the Elephant Worldview as a Concept

Paperback • 2004 • English • 4. edition

Naming the Elephant Worldview as a Concept

By James W. Sire

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About the book

What is a worldview? What lies behind your thoughts about almost everything? For more than thirty years, James W. Sire has grappled with this issue. In this book he offers readers his most mature thought on the concept of a worldview, addressing such questions as What is the history of the concept itself? What is the first question you should ask in formulating a worldview? How are worldviews formed existentially as well as intellectually? Is a worldview primarily an intellectual system, a way ...Show more

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Book details

ISBN

9780830827794

Publisher

InterVarsity Press

Published year

2004

Language

English

Edition

4

Original title

Naming the Elephant Worldview as a Concept

Format

Paperback

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