TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sire,James W.
TI  - The universe next door: a basic worldview catalog 
SN  - 9780830812202
AV  - B823.3 .S56 1988
U1  - 140 22
PY  - 1988///
CY  - Downers Grove, Ill.
PB  - InterVarsity Press
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Ideology
KW  - Theism
KW  - Naturalism
KW  - Nihilism (Philosophy)
KW  - New Age movement
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; A world of difference : introduction --; 2; A universe charged with the grandeur of God : Christian theism --; 3; The clockwork universe : deism --; 4; The silence of finite space : naturalism --; 5; Zero point : nihilism --; 6; Beyond Nihilism : existentialism --; 7; Journey to the east : Eastern pantheistic monism --; 8; A separate universe : the new age --; 9; The vanished horizon : postmodernism --; 10; The examined life : conclusion
N2  - "James W. Sire explains the basics of Christian theism, deism, naturalism, nihilism, existentialism, Eastern pantheistic monism, New Age philosophy and postmodernism. In an increasingly pluralistic academic environment, the ability to understand and evaluate various worldviews is vitally important." "This new edition includes updates throughout. But most significantly, it reflects refinements in Sire's definition and thinking about the nature of worldviews themselves, which are taken up in greater detail in the companion volume, Naming the Elephant: Worldview as a Concept."--BOOK JACKET
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0413/2004000474.html
ER  -