James W. Sire digs deeper into Micheal Hickerson's Worldview question: How can we find common ground when someone has a radically different worldview from our own? In the previous blog post, I argued that as Christians we know that we share a common ground with all people in that we are all created in the image of God to live in a universe created by a loving, righteous, infinite-personal God. I also said that we agree to and use the universal laws of logic (A is A; A is not not-A; and B is either A or not- A). I … [Read more...] about Jim Sire on “Finding common ground with someone radically different.” Part II
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Jim Sire on “Finding common ground with someone radically different”
The Worldview Question-and-Answer series with Jim Sire continues with the question: How can we find common ground when someone has a radically different world view from our own? -- Micheal Hickerson, ESN Blog Contributor James W. Sire's response: As a Christian we start with a distinct advantage. We know that all human beings are made in the image of God and that we all live in God's orderly and meaningful creation. In other words, there is a truth to know, and we were designed to know the truth. The fall has … [Read more...] about Jim Sire on “Finding common ground with someone radically different”
Jim Sire addresses: “Is there still a place for propositional logic in apologetics or worldview studies?”
Last week, the Emerging Scholars Network began a James W. Sire Worldview Question-and-Answer series with Is Atheism a Worldview? As I have considered the development of Sire's thought on worldview, I continue to be struck by the importance of life story, see Jim Sire: Excerpt from "Rim of the Sandhills". Question 2: "Is there still a place for propositional logic in apologetics or worldview studies?" -- John James W. Sire's response: "Of course, there is. Postmodernism, however you define it, is filled with … [Read more...] about Jim Sire addresses: “Is there still a place for propositional logic in apologetics or worldview studies?”
Jim Sire Addresses: Is Atheism a Worldview?
I've had the privilege of knowing James W. Sire, Ph.D., since my college days. Sire served as a senior editor at InterVarsity Press and authored a number of books published by InterVarsity Press including The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog, Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling, Learning to Pray Through the Psalms, and Naming the Elephant: Worldview as a Concept. Our paths crossed several times during my years as a student at Grove City College. I heard him speak not only at … [Read more...] about Jim Sire Addresses: Is Atheism a Worldview?