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The belief in the existence of a god or gods
What is theism?
Orderly, logical, and consistent throughout
What is coherent?
This worldview's big idea is healing.
What is Christianity?
The study of God
What is theology?
The study of the mind or the soul
What is psychology?
The belief that there is only one god
What is monotheism?
A belief, thought, or statement that corresponds with reality
This worldview's big idea is submission.
What is Islam?
The study of life and function of living organisms
What is biology?
The study of the past with a view of how it affects the present
What is history?
The belief in one God recognized as three distinct Persons
What is Trinitarian monotheism?
A single, overarching interpretation, or grand story, of reality
What is a metanarrative?
This worldview's big idea is revolution.
What is Marxism?
The study of enforceable rules designed to help people exist peacefully
What is law?
The study of human societies and institutions
What is sociology?
A pattern of ideas and beliefs that helps us make sense of the world and that guides our decisions and actions
What is a worldview?
When beliefs blend from differing worldviews, often without us knowing it
This worldview's big idea is progress.
What is secularism?
The study of the management of resources
What is economics?
The study of community governance
What is politics?
A system of beliefs that describes the nature and existence (or nonexistence) of God and prescribes certain responses to the nature of the sacred, divine, or supernatural
What is religion?
In the context of worldviews, refers to an object or goal that is supposed to grant a deep sense of fulfillment
What is desire?
This worldview's big idea is consciousness.
What is new spirituality?
The study of knowledge, truth, and the nature of ultimate reality to attain human flourishing
What is philosophy?
The philosophical study of moral conduct, values, duties, and goodness
What is ethics?