Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Worldviews Over Coffee at Starbucks
2 Individualism: I Am the Center of the Universe
3 Consumerism: I Am What I Own
4 Nationalism: My Nation, Under God
5 Moral Relativism: The Absolute Truth about Relativism and Something Like Relativism
6 Scientific Naturalism: Only Matter Matters
7 The New Age: Are We Gods or Are We God?s?
8 Postmodern Tribalism: My Tribe/My Worldview
9 Salvation by Therapy: Not as Good as It Gets
10 The Contours of a Christian Worldview
11 Developing a Christian Worldview

About the Author

Mark L. Sanford (M.Div., Nazarene Theological Seminary) is instructor in practical theology and facilitator of discipleship groups at Azusa Pacific University.

Steve Wilkens (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of theology and ethics at Azusa Pacific University. He is the author of Good Ideas from Questionable Christians and Outright Pagans, Christianity Western Thought, Volumes 2 and 3 (coauthored with Alan Padgett), and Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics.

Reviews

"Hidden Worldviews is a well-written and helpful book. Preachers will find a wealth of information that will aid them in identifying and understanding the worldviews of the people sitting in their pews on Sunday mornings. The book will also give insight into how these 'hidden' worldviews can be confronted with the gospel of Christ."
*Joseph R. Buchanan, Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society, March 2011*

"A timely call for the integration of confessional beliefs and values with actions makes this book well worth the read."
*Ewen Butler, Religious Studies Review, December 2010*

"Wilkens and Sanford briefly yet comprehensively explain each worldview's core beliefs. These chapters can be useful as discussion starters about core biblical beliefs and as a tool to learn to critique cultural values."
*Rachael Eggebeen, Youth Worker Journal, (www.youthworkerjournal.com), January/February 2010*

"It is wise occasionally to step back and examine the worldviews on offer around us. Especially the ones that tend to quietly stay in the background, mostly out of sight, hardly ever attracting notice. That is what Steve Wilkins and Mark Sanford have done in Hidden Worldviews."
*Denis Haack, Critique, Issue 5, 2009*

"By explaining and exposing 'isms' like consumerism, relativism, nationalism, and post-modern tribalism, Wilkens and Sanford deftly demonstrate how we too often live according to 'cultural stories' that compete with the gospel."
*Trevin Wax, Christianity Today, May 2010*