Similarities Between Christianity And Worldviews

In the presentation, “Christianity and Worldviews,” Professor Angus Menuge details what the concept of worldview is all about. Initially, the presenter explains a worldview is a manner of conceptualizing all of reality. It encompasses the three groups of ontology (nature of being), epistemology (thesis of knowledge), and ethics (moral principles). Fascinatingly enough, a worldview cannot be avoided as everything is interpreted through it. Although there are various different examples of worldviews, the more well-known ones include scientific materialism, postmodernism, and eastern mysticism. Upon examining the Christian engagement with such worldviews, the Gospel of John instructs individuals to stay in the world but not be of it, and the Epistle to the Colossians commands individuals to not allow anti-Christian perspectives to control

By way of illustration, the apostle Paul, in the Epistle to the Colossians, reveals that just as God is eternal so is Jesus Christ, mentioning, “For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:16-17 New International Version). In this case, Jesus Christ is the logos, the cause of everything, the source of all knowledge, as well as the moral compass. Professor Angus Menuge continues the presentation by exploring the models of engagement. In doing so, the poor models are accommodation (Jesus Christ of culture) and separation (Jesus Christ against culture), while the better models are synthesis (Jesus Christ above culture) and transformation (Jesus Christ the transformer of culture). Despite this, the best model of engagement is dialogue (Jesus Christ and culture in