(Re)Thinking Worldview

(Re)Thinking Worldview is a fun read that will challenge your thinking at its deepest level while barely breaking a sweat. J. Mark Bertrand is a bit wordy at many points, my only complaint, but the investment turns out to be worthwhile every time.

I enjoyed this book for several reasons. One, Bertrand finds it easy to be heady without being intimidating. On the surface, the subject of the book seems intimidating. The subject (Christian worldview and its implications) is one with which every Christian needs to be familiar, and Bertrand does well to make it accessible to most readers.

Two, only the first third of the book is actually spent defining worldview. The rest of the book is devoted to the ethical implications of our worldview as Christians. I really enjoyed Bertrand’s foray into the Christian’s view of art. He manages to embrace the post-modern emphasis on storytelling over dogmatism while maintaining the Christian’s responsibility to communicate truth.

Further, I greatly appreciate the way Bertrand shows the reader what it means to be an active consumer of information rather than passive. It makes all the difference in the world when the believer is deciding what it means to simply read a book or watch a movie. It helped me to cement some ideas I’d had about the Christian’s view and use of art, and took me a few steps further.

As the subtitle reflects, this is a book about thinking, living, and speaking. Worldview is an exciting subject to me, as a subject that covers all of these elements. I was encouraged to read an author who shares the same kind of passion for these important subject. “(Re)Thinking Worldview” is a great introduction to Christian worldview, sure to get newcomers excited as well. More than that, as the subtitle reflects, it is a book about thinking, living, and speaking as well. Believers would do well do to allow Bertrand to instruct them.

(Re)Thinking Worldview is available at Westminster Books at a discounted price.

(This review was written by Matt Fudge. Matt is a deacon at Omaha Bible Church. You can read his blog here)

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3 Responses to “(Re)Thinking Worldview”

1. Laz says:

   January 23, 2008 at 9:17 am

   Have you read Sire’s “The Universe Next Door”? If so how does “(Re)Thinking” compare to it?
2. erik says:

   January 23, 2008 at 12:59 pm

   Laz, I have not read Sire’s book…Perhaps Matt has. ?
3. Daz says:

   January 29, 2008 at 1:14 am

   Thanks for the review. I agree with Matt. The praxis emphasis of a Christian world and life view thta Bertrand highlights is so refreshing. I’ve read Sire – different type of text altogether – Bertrand’s book illuminates a tired concept. Sire’s book interrogates the competing worldivews in c21.