![]() Yet it is by no mean juvenile it has that rare ability to engage persons at various levels of education. Sire’s book is a concise introduction to contemporary Western worldviews. He writes, “I am convinced that for any of us to be fully conscious intellectually we should not only be able to detect the worldviews of others but be aware of our own-why it is ours and why, in light of so many options, we think it is true” (12). He argues that by comprehending and applying these things we will understand our culture, our neighbors, and ourselves better (17). ![]() Sire’s goals for the book are to trace the historic development and provide a straightforward outline of basic Western worldviews, show how postmodernism with its accompanying pluralism, relativism, and syncretism “have muted the distinctive voice of every point of view” (9), and encourage readers to think in terms of worldviews. ![]() With the publication of the fifth edition in 2009, it seems time to review the book afresh and show why it belongs on a list of “books that all Christian educators should read.” James Sire’s The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog has pressed upon readers the weight of Socrates’ old axiom, “the unexamined life is not worth living” (Plato, Apology, 38a). ![]()
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