4. Field Trip to Beth El Synagogue
Friday, September 29, @ 5:15 PM Meet at room 33-210
Carpool to Beth El Synagogue
1118 W Glendale Ave, between I-17 and Hwy 51
5. Quiz 1a (available now)
Due Sunday, September 17 @ 11:59 PM
Ten Questions, 3.5 points each, total 35 points
Study Review posted in Announcements
Covers: (a) Class Rules, (b) Syllabus, (c ) APA Citation Format
6. INT-244 Reading for Topic 1 available Monday
At the start of each Topic will post reading
7. Upcoming
• Fri. Sep 15 Guest from St. Thomas Church of India
• Wed Sep 20 College of Theology Kickoff
• Wed Sep 27 Class is online
• Wed Nov 22 Class is online for Thanksgiving
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19. Definition of Worldview
Worldview is a foundational set of assumptions to
which one commits that serves as a framework for
understanding and interpreting reality and deeply
shapes one’s behavior.
(Waddel & Jibben, 2021, “What in the World is Worldview?”)
21. Ways To Describe Worldview
A. Elements of a Worldview (propositions)
B. Metanarrative of a worldview (story)
(Waddel & Jibben, 2021, “What in the World is Worldview?”)
22. A. Elements of a worldview
1. What is Ultimate Reality?
2. What is Nature of the Universe?
3. What is Nature of Humans?
4. What is Nature of Truth & Knowledge?
5. What are Ethics (Right & Wrong)?
6. What is the Purpose of Life? (Why are we here?)
(Waddel & Jibben, 2021, “Set of Assumptions”)
24. TPS: What are the elements of the
Worldview?
1. What is Ultimate Reality?
2. What is Nature of the Universe?
3. What is Nature of Humans?
4. What is Nature of Truth & Knowledge?
5. What are Ethics (Right & Wrong)?
6. What is the Purpose of Life? (Why are we here?)
(Waddel & Jibben, 2021, “Set of Assumptions”)
25. Ways To Describe Worldview
A. Elements of a Worldview (propositions)
B. Metanarrative of a worldview (story)
(Waddel & Jibben, 2021, “What in the World is Worldview?”)
26. Metanarrative
An overarching account or interpretation of events
and circumstances that provides a pattern or
structure for people’s beliefs, gives meaning to
their experiences, and links smaller stories
together.
O'Leary, Z. (2007). Metanarratives. In The Social Science Jargon-Buster. Sage UK.
https://search.credoreference.com/articles/Qm9va0FydGljbGU6Mjc0ODQ4.
28. Describe the Metanarrative
• What is the overarching story?
• How does the story explain Moanna’s world?
• How does the story shape how Moanna’s people live and behave?
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36. Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men
of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very
religious. For as I passed along and observed the
objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this
inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you
worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
(Acts 17:22–23 ESV)
37. The God who made the world and everything in it, being
Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made
by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he
needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind
life and breath and everything. And he made from one
man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the
earth, having determined allotted periods and the
boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek
God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find
him.
(Acts 17:24–27 ESV)
38. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, for “‘In him
we live and move and have our being’; as even some of
your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his
offspring.’ Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to
think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone,
an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
(Acts 17:27–30 ESV)
39. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he
commands all people everywhere to repent, because he
has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in
righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of
this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the
dead.”
(Acts 17:30–31 ESV)
40. Christian Approach to World Religions
1. All men & women were created in the image of God.
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41. He himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And he made
from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth…for we
are his offspring
Acts 17
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.,.So God created
man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he
created them. And God blessed them
(Gen 1:26-28 ESV)
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42. Christian Approach to World Religions
1. All men & women were created in the image of God.
2. Religions exist because men & women were created with a desire know their creator.
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43. “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I
passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar
with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as
unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in
it…made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the
earth…that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and
find him.
(Acts 17:22-27 ESV)
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44. Christian Approach to World Religions
1. All men & women were created in the image of God.
2. Religions exist because men & women were created with a desire know their creator.
3. Religions have some truth because God revealed himself in Creation
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45. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his
handiwork.(Psalm 19:1-4 ESV)
What can be known about God is plain to them because God has shown it to
them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world in the things
that have been made.
(Romans 1:19-20 ESV)
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46. Christian Approach to World Religions
1. All men & women were created in the image of God.
2. Religions exist because men & women were created with a desire know their creator.
3. Religions have some truth because God revealed himself in Creation
4. But our access to knowledge of God is limited by Sin
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47. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to
him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were
darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
(Rom 1:21-22 ESV)
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this
age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the
wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom,
(1 Cor 1:20-21 ESV)
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48. Christian Approach to World Religions
1. All men & women were created in the image of God.
2. Religions exist because men & women were created with a desire know their creator.
3. Religions have some truth because God revealed himself in Creation
4. But our access to knowledge of God is limited by Sin
5. Scripture is Special Revelation by which God revealed to us the way of redemption
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49. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in righteousness,
(2 Tim 3:16 ESV
I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to
everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the
righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,
(Rom 1:16-17 ESV)
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50. TPS: What are some specific ways Christian Worldview will shape the way we study religion?
Christian Worldview
Sacred Stories
Sacred Rituals
Sacred Objects
Sacred Texts
INT-244 Student
Sacred Beliefs
51. TPS: How does CWV shape our approach to world
religions?
1. All men & women were created in the image of God.
2. Religions exist because men & women were created with a desire know their creator.
3. Religions have some truth because God revealed himself in Creation
4. Our access to knowledge of God is limited because of Sin
5. Scripture is God’s special revelation by which He revealed how to know Him.
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55. Identity encompasses the memories, experiences, relationships,
and values that create one’s sense of self. This amalgamation
creates a steady sense of who one is over time, even as new
facets are developed and incorporated into one's identity.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/identity
56. Nature of Identity
1. Identity is socially constructed
2. Identity is composed of Domains
3. Identity domains develop at different times in different ways
68. Case Study: Nadia
Nadia is a student at GCU from Jordan. Her family is Muslim.
They sent her to GCU because they wanted her to attend a
concservative school, where she’d not fall in with the wrong
crowd. She is studying home economics. She is engaged to
Usama, a businessman in Phoenix. Her plans are to finish GCU,
get her degree, marry Usama, and have children. Over lunch you
asked her if this is what she wants, she says “It is what I’m
supposed to do as a good Muslim.”
69. Case Study: Chu
Chu is from Taiwan and is from a Buddhist family. He is a
barrista at Starbucks. You cant with him every time you
visit the store. He loves coffee. But he also likes to hike,
take long bike trips, meditate, do Yoga, and cook. You
asked him what he believes as a Buddhist. He responded,
“I don’t know…actually, I don’t really care!”
70. Case Study: Rachel
Rachel is a UCLA student. She grew up in Santa Monica,
in a Reform Jewish household. She’s taking Eastern
Religion at UCLA. She attends a meditation class in Santa
Monica on Tuesdays. She is going with her family to the
Wilshire Blvd. Temple for the Jewish high holy days this
week. Yesterday, over coffee, you told her about your
church, and she actually said she’d like to come with you
one Sunday.
71. Case Study: Nate
Nate’s father is Roman Catholic, and his mother is Yakima
Indian. Nate is from Seattle. For years, he told people he’s
agnostic. However, in his last two years at U of W, he
majored in Native American studies. His senior project
was to interview his mother’s Yakima family members. He
says he now prays, attends religious events with his
family, has a ritual bracelet around his wrist, and
communes with an Eagle spirit.
