Exam (elaborations) BST 301

David Noebel - ANSWER he conceptualized world view as an ideology, philosophy, theology, movement and religion that provides a framework to understanding of god, the world, man and their relationships Ekaete Eltang - ANSWER world view is lens we use to perceive or look at life, it meaning, reality, purpose, world events and even history Prof Yusuf Turaki - ANSWER world view as a people's total way of seeing, understanding, interpreting and of constructing the reality of existence (life) out of their historically transmitted and other systems of meaning, symbols and conceptions of God, man, creation, self, society and their relations B.j Van der Walt - ANSWER world view is an integrated, interpretative set of conceptional perspective on reality which undermines human activity and shapes it, motivates and gives it direction and meaning so that mans calling in the world is only spelled out but also carried out Ronald H. Nash - ANSWER world view as a conceptual scheme by which we believe and by which we consciously/unconsciously place or fit everything we believe and by which we interpret and judge reality Walters - ANSWER world view as the comprehensive mental framework of one's basic belief about things. things here in question refers to anything about which is possible to believe. it includes human life in general, the meaning of suffering, social morality, the importance of the family and even God Apostle Leo - ANSWER world view is an ontology or a descriptive model of the world world view 6 definition - ANSWER 1. it is an explanation of the world, the people and their interaction 2. it is an eschatology (study of the entimes) answering the question where do you come from?" and "where are you heading to 3. it comprises values and answer s to ethical questions like "what should we do in this context?' 'what will jesus do now?' 4. it is a praxeology/methodology/ theory of actions. it ask questions like 'how should we attain our goals in this life and beyond 5. it is an epistemology/theory of knowledge. it asks what is true/false? 6. world view is an etiology (origin and construction); a constructed world view that contains an account of its building blocks, origin and construction 7 characteristics of worldview - ANSWER 1. world view encompases the whole of man's life in that its sometimes called osmoscopes or cosmopotic. compscope is the study of world view that concerns the view of creation and mans action in the world 7 characteristic: ontoscope( ontoscopic) - ANSWER 2. embraces the study of a supreme being or a god that gives rise to normality. 3. It is a mode and image of looking or seeing the world. As a mode it is a perspective at the world's. its primary concern is not only what is seen but with the result of what is seen or viewed as an image, it is perceived as lens, spectacles glass with which we view reality 4. it guides and orient us in understanding of the world and directing our life in it. in other words, it serve as a road map which helps us determine where we find ourselves and how we should determine our route through life. 5. it is not random collection of ideas, values, customs etc. but a framework or a system of convictions which cohere in an orderly fashion in a pattern that reveals interdependence, consistency and unity. 6. it is both descriptive and prescriptive in that it has both a vision for transformation and blueprints for life in the world. it does not only describe or tells you what it meant, what you saw or imagined; but also prescribes or tell how the world is or means or should be. the nature implies that wv has both facts and norms that provides the standard from which a distinction is drawn between 7. it requires a full commitment and it's fully humanistic. as full commitment/surrender means a person's or group commitment that adds value or substance in a concrete way of life to that wv. it is humanistic in the sense that it is typically human or it centers around human activities because people live instinctively and maintain framework of references or frame of mind 4 functions of Wv by Bj v