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    <body><![CDATA[This book provides a great basic overview of the world-views for sale today and how they compare to Christianity. It breaks them down by asking each to answer seven basic questions so that they can then be compared more easily against each other. It is by no means comprehensive; space alone does not...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25384131">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[great introduction to the major world views throughout the history of human thought. a must-read for those who wonder about the fragmentation and how we got to the place we occupy in that history. <br/><br/>accessible writing with an almost narrative sense of forward motion. good reading!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is outdated and unhelpful. How do you deal with postmodernity without dealing with modernity? How do you pick a western christian worldview over either of those? The categories he deals with exist but his treatment is completely over simplified. Find another book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not exactly something to read at bedtime, because it is a little on the deep side, but it does give good descriptions of common worldviews such as nihilism, existentialism, etc.]]></body>
    
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