I was conversing with a friend today and he said that he was involved in developing a Christian worldview for his particular organization. I believe this effort is mistaken for a few reasons -- one, it presumes a Cartesian perspective on reality -- if we think rightly then everything else will sort itself out...Two, what these proponents are really advocating is a Christendom worldview -- a perspective that presumes that Christians are in power, in the center, closely aligned with the state and can therefore implement some of these inclinations. Often the goal is to exclude those who do not share this particular worldview. Groups residing on the margins of society do not share this same luxury. Third, often what is perpetuated as a Christian worldview is simply a modern /Reformed nostalgic worldview. This particular theological perspective mistakenly sees itself as universal when in reality it is simply a contextual response to 16th century northern Europe.
What we want is not the development of a Christian worldview, instead, we want to see the gospel deeply incarnated into the cultural practices of a people. This will look very different from (sub) culture to (sub) culture, but there will be strong, family resemblances...
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