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The second edition was updated and expanded to include sections on Marxism and secular humanism, as well as a completely reworked chapter on what is now widely known as New Age philosophy rather than new consciousness. And the third edition offered further updating and revisions, including a thoroughly revised chapter on New Age philosophy and, perhaps most importantly, a new chapter on postmodernism. Now the fourth edition refines the definition of worldview itself, incorporating Sire's thinking and teaching during the past decade and it will continue to aid anyone who wants to understand the variety of worldviews that compete with Christianity for the allegiance of our minds and hearts.

Preface to the fifth edition 9

1 A World of Difference: Introduction 15

2 A Universe Charged with the Grandeur of God: Christian Theism 25

3 The Clockwork Universe: Deism 47

4 The Silence of Finite Space: Naturalism 66

5 Zero Point: Nihilism 94

6 Beyond Nihilism: Existentialism 117

7 Journey to the East: Eastern Pantheistic Monism 144

8 A Separate Universe: The New Age-Spirituality Without Religion 166

9 The Vanished Horizon: Postmodernism 214

10 A View from the Middle East: Islamic Theism 244

11 The examined life: Conclusion 278

Index 287