1. World Views
While understanding world view is very important, the term itself is extremely difficult to define!
Comprised of assumptions—but not logically organized
Assumptions worked into life through your nature as a person, your experiences, your family, your genetic heritage
Like a set of map-making rules rather than the map itself. You see the map, but it was the rules that determined what you see.

2. World View: Assumptions
Space
Time
Powers
Knowledge
Existence
Logic
Being

3. World Views: Our assumptions about . . .
The nature of the world we inhabit
Time
Space
All is interconnected
Time is fluid/flexible
Spaces can be holy, profane, taboo, powerful

4. World Views: Our assumptions about . . .
The nature of us as people
Being
Existence
Connections between this world and next
Existence is much more than just physical

5. World Views: Our assumptions about . . .
The nature of how we know
Logic
Knowledge
Pragmatic orientation (we know by what works)
Revelation and discovery
Logic is relational and fuzzy rather than binary

6. World Views: Our assumptions about . . .
The nature of the one we image
Powers
There are numerous powers which are central to folk religions.
We will explore them in the next lecture