This document contains information about a course on modern Western, Christian, and African worldviews. It includes administrative details like contact information and assignment deadlines. It outlines the learning outcomes of being able to differentiate and analyze these worldviews. It then provides descriptions of the key components of each worldview, including concepts of God, norms, views of humanity, community, nature, and time. Videos are embedded that illustrate aspects of these worldviews. The document ends with self-evaluation questions to check understanding of differentiating and analyzing the worldviews.

1. WVES 221 – LEEREENHEID 1.2
MODERNE WESTERSE, CHRISTELIKE EN AFRIKA WÊRELDBEELDE /
MODERN WESTERN, CHRISTIAN AND AFRICAN WORLDVIEWS
Olthuis, Vidal & Heyns – Bl. 1 - 34

2. ADMIN
• WOENSDAE 11:00 TOT 13:00 (SPREEKURE)
• K260 - E3
• 018 285 2207

3. GROEPSPROJEKTE
• GROEPSVERBAND
• PROJEK WORD IN GROEPSPORTEFEULJE GEPLAAS
• HANDIG 28STE SEPTEMBER IN

4. Ontwikkel een multikeuse vraag in Engels en Afrikaans
met vier keuses op PowerPoint en epos dit aan
goldberg.lecture@yahoo.com teen more 13:00.
Develop one multiple choice question in English and
Afrikaans with four choices on PowerPoint and email
it to goldberg.lecture@yahoo.com by tomorrow
13:00.
HOMEWORK (INDIVIDUAL)

5. WVES 221 – LEEREENHEID 1.2
MODERNE WESTERSE, CHRISTELIKE EN AFRIKA WÊRELDBEELDE /
MODERN WESTERN, CHRISTIAN AND AFRICAN WORLDVIEWS
Olthuis, Vidal & Heyns – Bl. 1 - 34

6. LEERUITKOMSTE / LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Onderskei tussen ‘n Moderne Westerse, Tradisionele Afrika en
Christelike wereldbeskouing / Differentiate between a Modern
Western, Traditional African and Christian worldview.
2. Analiseer ‘n Moderne Westerse, Tradisionele Afrika en Christelike
wereldbeskouing / Analyse a Modern Western, Traditional African
and Christian worldview.

7. • Worldview/ Wêreldbeskouing
• Analysing a worldview/ Analisering van 'n Wêreldbeskouing
• Ideology/ Ideologie

8. (3) Perspektief op die mens /
View of humanity
(2) Norme / Norms
(1) Eksistensiële geloof /
Existential belief / God
(4) Gemeenskap / Community
(5) Natuur / Nature
(6) Tyd / Time
Ses komponente van ʼn wêreldbeskouing /
Six components of a worldview

9. Onderskei tussen 'n Moderne Westerse, Tradisionele
Afrika en Christelike wêreldbeskouing /
Differentiate between a Modern Western,
Traditional African and Christian worldview

10. A
B
C

11. 1. Noem die wêreldbeskouing in elkeen van die
vorige prente. Verduidelik waarom. / Name the
worldview depicted in each of the pictures. Explain
why.
2. Watter analitiese komponent word voorgestel in
die prente? / Which analytical component is
represented in the pictures?
Groepopdrag / Group Assignment 3

12. Analiseer 'n Moderne Westerse, Tradisionele Afrika
en Christelike wêreldbeskouing /
Analyse a Modern Western, Traditional African
and Christian worldview

13. Component Western African Christian
God A secular, materialistic,
capitalist god
Post-Christian
A Creator God who keeps
his distance
Does not demand
responsibility, supplanted
by an unpredictable
spiritual world
Pre-Christian
The personal God of the
Bible, Creator, Sustainer
and Supreme Authority
Christian
Norms Individual autonomy
Subjectivism (things are
laws)
Self-interest, individual
egotism
Communal autonomy
Subjectivism (the kinship
group is the rule)
Group interests, group
egotism
Heteronomy
God’s will, made
manifest in God’s
(directional and
structural) laws are
positivised in norms for
different areas of life
Man A (reductionist?)
anthropology characterised
by individualism,
materialism, hedonism, etc.
A (reductionist?)
anthropology in which one
aspect (the communal) is
absolutised and the individual
aspect is made subservient and
is suppressed
A multidimensional
anthropology: The
different aspects of
humanness ought to be
developed in a balanced
way

14. Community Atomistic-liberalistic:
Individual freedoms and rights
are given preference
Destroys communality and
eventually gives rise to
totalitarianism
Organistic-communalistic:
Communal equality and duties
get preference
Individuality is destroyed; it
gives rise directly to
totalitarianism
Individuality and
communality are
complementary facets of
the multidimensional
human being; both ought to
be developed in order to
develop individuals as well
as the community
Antitotalitarian
Nature Is regarded anthropocentrically:
Separated from man to be used
and exploited for prosperity
Is regarded holistically:
Man is part of nature and for
this reason nature must be
respected and should not be
interfered with
Is regarded Biblically:
Distinguishes man from
nature, yet does not
separate man from nature
Ought to use and protect
nature as a good steward
Time and
history
A commodity to measure and
use to your own advantage
Future-oriented (progress)
It is something to share and to
enjoy with others
Past-oriented (repristination)
God-given gift to use and
enjoy in a responsible way
Past, present and future are
equally important
VIDAL: BL 16 – 23
& TABLE ON PG 18

15. Ses komponente van ‘n Morderne
Westerse wêreldbeskouing /
Six components of a Modern Western
worldview

16. 1. Concept of God
– Aanvaar nie die konsep van God nie, maar daar is
sekere geloofseienskappe :
• Die belofte van ‘n beter toekoms (idea van redding).
• Word gelei na beter toekoms deur kundiges (priesters).
• Kundiges gee riglyne (norme) wat ons moet volg.
• Norme mag nie bevraagteken word nie (Absolute waarheid).
• Om hierdie norme uit te oefen, moet alle bose
struikelblokke oorkom word.
• Materialistiese geloof. Rykdom. Bevordering.

17. – In ‘n Tradisionele Afrika wereldbeskouing word
mens gesien as “onbeskaaf” as jy nie die geeste
erken nie.
– In ‘n Moderne Westerse wereldbeskouing word
mens gesien as “onbeskaaf” wanneer jy nie genoeg
geld of materialistiese besittings het nie.

18. 2. Normative Concepts
– Norme kom nie van “God” af nie, maar onstaan liewers uit
situasies van kompetisie, bevordering, groei, ens.
– Die volgende konsepte is die norm in die Moderne Westerse
wereldbeskouing:
– Hulle sien “kompetisie" as “standaard”
– Daar kan goeie en slegte kompetisie wees, maar in die westerse
denke, net goeie kompetisie.

19. 3. View of Humanity
– Very reductionist view of man. Humans not
multidimensional and only have an:
– Economic substance, or
– Individualistic existence or
– Rational-scientific nature, or
– Consumer (Needs must be met immediately)

20. 4. View of society
– West's individualistic view of persons leads to an
individualistic view of community life
– Individualism focuses firstly on individual freedom
and equality; individuals are more important than
the group [individual > group]
– Result is that social relationships such as family,
marriage and government are regarded as
artificial; human autonomy is more important
than these relationships
– Individualism focuses all human activities on
promoting the individual and his / her rights!
– There is an atomistic individualistic relationship
between the individual and social groups

21. 5. View of nature
– In the modern Western world view, nature is seen as
something separate from humanity, as humanity's
opponent.
– This view leads to the idea that nature must be
conquered, used and even exploited for the benefit of
humanity.

22. 6. View of Time & History
– The Western concept of time is that time
is a commodity ("Time is money")
• It is outside a person; a person must pass through it; one
should use it and fill it
• It is abstract, independent of ordinary life; is measured and
determined by a clock
– The implications of this view of time are:
• It reduces man to a slave of time; "rat-race" leads to strained
relations and alienation amongst people
• Positive: Leads to planning and scheduling
• The view has both benefits (punctuality) and disadvantages
(Westerners do not know to enjoy time)

23. TIME IS MONEY: VIDEO CLIP

24. Ses komponente van ‘n Tradisionele Afrika
wêreldbeskouing / Six components of a
Traditional African worldview

25. 1. Concept of God
• A creator God (Supreme Being) who is at a distance and
not interested in creation.
• Worldview is holistic; Creator is difficult to separate
from physical and spiritual.
• Does not require worship and is only approached in
cases of severe crisis.
• Replaced by unpredictable spirit world.
• Pre-Christian.

26. 2. Normative Concepts
• Strong focus on society (in all of existence, religion, humanity,
norms, time, etc).
• "Law of kinship" determines what is good and what is bad.
• Subjectivist in terms of group, not universal standards for all
people (group egotism).
• “Ubuntu”.

27. 3. View of Humanity
• Communal absolutised (compare with
individual Western world view), so the social
group is more important than the individual.
• One "becomes
human"
by belonging
to community

28. 4. View of Society
• Includes not only the living, but also the ancestors.
• Organistic-communalistic: Communal duties are
central, individuality less important.

29. 5. View of Nature
• Creator and creation are not distinguished
(physical and spiritual world overlap).
• Natural holistic view:
Humans are part of
nature, therefore
nature should be
respected

30. • Time is something to
share and enjoy with
others (cannot be
separated from social).
• Must make time for
other members of group.
• It’s not about quantity,
but quality (have to wait
for the right time for a
specific purpose)
6. View of Time & History

31. TRADITIONAL VS WESTERN VIDEO CLIP

32. Six components of a Christian worldview /
Ses komponente van ‘n Christelike
werêldbeskouing

33. 1. Konsep van God
• Die persoonlike God van die Bybel
• Die ‘Skepper’ van die mens en die Aarde
• Onderhouer en Hoogste gesag

34. 2. Normatiewe Konsepte
• Rigtinggewend & Struktureel
• God se wil wat in God se wette geopenbaar
word, is in norme vir verskillende lewensareas
gepositiviseer.
• Die Bybel

35. 3. Beskouing van Die Mens
• Geskep in beeld van God
• Struktureel dieselfde as God, en die mens moet
hom/haarself op God rig

36. 4. Beskouing van Gemeenskap
• Individualiteit en kommunaliteit is
komplementêre fasette van die multi-
dimensionele mens
• Beide moet ontwikkel word om die individu en
die gemeenskap te onderhou

37. 5. Beskouing van natuur
• Die mens word nie gesien as EEN met natuur,
maar tog nie geskei daarvan nie.
• “Rentmeesterskap”
Nie aanbidding
Nie eksploitasie

38. 6. Beskouing van Tyd & Geskiedenis
• Geskenk van God (moet op ‘n
verantwoordelike manier gebruik word en
geniet word)
• Verlede, hede en toekoms is ewe belangrik

39. GOD CREATED THE WORLD VIDEO CLIP

40. • Kan jy onderskei tussen 'n Westerse Moderne,
Tradisionele Afrika en Christelike wêreldbeskouing? /
Can you differentiate between a Modern Western,
Traditional African and Christian worldview?
Agree completely/agree/don't know/disagree/disagree completely
• Kan jy 'n Moderne Westerse, Tradisionele Afrika en
Christelike wêreldbeskouing analiseer? / Can you
analyse a Modern Western, Traditional African and
Christian worldview?
Agree completely/agree/don't know/disagree/disagree completely
EVALUATION 2

41. Next week / Volgende week
Multiple choice test / Multikeuse toets
30 marks / punte
Study Unit / Leereenheid 1
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