List 3 analogies for worldview used in Chapter 1 of the textbook ✔✔- Foundation of a building - Lenses - Box top of a jigsaw puzzle Theism ✔✔Belief in a personal and relational God who created and sustains all that exists Deism ✔✔Belief in a God who created all things but is not relational or involved in the world Pantheism ✔✔Belief that "all is god" and in a strong sense of spiritualism but not in a personal God Atheism ✔✔Belief based only on the natural or physical realm with no spiritual or supernatural According to Chapter 1 in the textbook and Lecture 1, which worldview families use both faith and reason? ✔✔All worldview families use faith and reason What kind of person does James 1:26 speak about? ✔✔Someone that claims they are religious but act as if they are not Summarize Proverbs 8:10-11 ✔✔Wisdom is more important than any material possessions Private Worldview ✔✔Is an individual's personal view of the world that is shaped by that individual's life story, experience, social and cultural context, and relationships. Shared Worldviews ✔✔is a set of foundational assumptions that groups of individuals hold in common Coherence Test ✔✔A worldview test that examines the internal consistency and rational coherence of worldview assumptions Correspondence test ✔✔A worldview test that examines a worldview's ability to provide a cogent explanation of reality. Practical test ✔✔A worldview test that examines a worldview's work ability and practical value in the most important areas of life and experience. Is there absolute truth? ✔✔Knowledge Is there a god? ✔✔Ultimate reality How do we know right from wrong? ✔✔Ethics Is there a spiritual part to the universe? ✔✔Nature of the universe Does life have meaning? ✔✔Purpose Are humans merely higher orders of mammals? ✔✔Human Nature Open system worldview ✔✔Says that there is a spiritual force outside of social interaction Closed system worldview ✔✔There is no outside force. The various definitions and descriptions of worldview ✔✔A 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.