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Christian worldview refers to a collection of distinctively Christian philosophical and religious beliefs. The term is typically used in one of three ways:
  1. A set of worldviews voiced by those identifying themselves as Christian;
  2. Common elements of worldviews predominant among those identifying themselves as Christian;
  3. The concept of a single "Christian worldview" on a range of issues.
There are some rather startling statistics, based upon the following definition of "worldview," including a firm belief in six specific religious views.

  1. Jesus Christ lived a sinless life;

  2. God is the all-powerful and all-knowing Creator of the universe and He stills rules it today;

  3. salvation is a gift from God and cannot be earned;

  4. Satan is real;

  5. a Christian has a responsibility to share their faith in Christ with other people; and

  6. the Bible is accurate in all of its teachings.

Based upon the above definition, Barna and other polling organizations have observered a decline in Christian beliefs. A recent study indicates that only 4% of American adults have a biblical worldview as the basis of their decision-making -- while at the same time "spirituality" has been on the rise. This most recent study revealed the following percentages of church goers who adhere to a biblical worldview[2]:

  • Protestants -- 7%
  • Those in mainline denominations -- 2%
  • Catholics -- less than 1/2 of 1%
  • Baptists - 8%
  • Pentecostals -- 10%
  • Non-denominational - 13%

Also, according to the Barna Group, "Americans are looking for the law to reflect their personal preferences and desires rather than a universal set of absolutes based on God's dictates."

Barna stated that religious institutions have failed to present a compelling case for a biblical basis for moral truth. "Most people do not believe that there is any source of absolute moral truth. Even born again individuals are abandoning the notion of law based on scriptural principles. Families, who hold a major responsibility for shaping the moral values and attitudes of children, are ill-equipped to do that job in relation to a Christian worldview or on the basis of a comprehensive and coherent notion of faith-based truth. The result is that busy people, regardless of their faith affiliation, wing it when it comes to moral decisions. Religious institutions could greatly influence people in these areas, but they'd have to substantially alter their existing strategies [emphasis added]." -The Barna Group, ©barna.org

Percentage of Christians for each country

Percentage of Christians for each country

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State No Religion
Alabama 6%
Alaska no data
Arizona 17%
Arkansas 13%
California 19%
Colorado 21%
Connecticut 12%
Delaware 17%
Florida 12%
Georgia 12%
Hawaii no data
Idaho 19%
llinois 15%
Indiana 16%
Iowa 13%
Kansas 15%
Kentucky 13%
Louisiana 9%
Maine 16%
Maryland 13%
Massachusetts 16%
Michigan 15%
Minnesota 14%
Mississippi 7%
Missouri 15%
Montana 17%
Nebraska 9%
Nevada 20%
New Hampshire 17%
New Jersey 15%
New Mexico 18%
New York 13%
North Carolina 10%
North Dakota 3%
Ohio 15%
Oklahoma 14%
Oregon 21%
Pennsylvania 12%
Rhode Island 15%
South Carolina 7%
South Dakota 8%
Tennessee 9%
Texas 11%
Utah 17%
Vermont 22%
Virginia 12%
Washington 25%
West Virginia 13%
Wisconsin 14%
Wyoming 20%
data derived from UsaToday
Solid majorities of white evangelicals (71%) and black Protestants (60%) agree that the United States has special protection from God; pluralities of white mainline Protestants and Catholics believe that the U.S. receives no special divine protection. In a similar vein, more than six-in-ten black Protestants and white evangelicals think it is necessary to believe in God to be a moral person; most white mainline Protestants and Catholics disagree.[1]

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If the 4% declining statistic for the United States is, in fact, accurate (or close to accurate) it is interesting to note that the spread of Christianity has had an explosive increase in such countries as Africa and India/Pakistan.

Based on 2005 data

Region Country Population(2005E) % Christian Christian total
Central Asia Christianity in Afghanistan 29,928,987 0.1% 30,000
Balkans Christianity in Albania 3,563,112 30% 1,689,934
North Africa Christianity in Algeria 32,531,853 0.4% 13,012
Southern Africa Christianity in Angola 11,190,786 90.5% 9,456,395
Caribbean Christianity in Anguilla 13,254 84.6% 11,995
South America Christianity in Argentina 39,537,943 94% 37,165,720
Middle East Christianity in Armenia 2,982,904 98.7% 2,944,122
Oceania Christianity in Australia 20,090,437 67.4% 13,543,693
Central Europe Christianity in Austria 8,184,691 85.2% 6,973,374
Middle East Christianity in Azerbaijan 7,911,974 6.6% 519,027
Middle East Christianity in Bahrain 688,345 9% 61,956
South Asia Christianity in Bangladesh 144,319,628 0.7% 1,050,000
Eastern Europe Christianity in Belarus 10,300,483 95% 9,785,475
Western Europe Christianity in Belgium 10,364,388 89.3% 9,255,409
Central America Christianity in Belize 279,457 84.2% 235,254
West Africa Christianity in Benin 7,460,025 30% 2,238,000
South Asia Christianity in Bhutan 2,232,291 0.3% 6,696
South America Christianity in Bolivia 8,857,870 95% 8,415,100
Balkans Christianity in Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,025,476 46% 1,851,730
Southern Africa Christianity in Botswana 1,640,115 71.6% 1,174,311
South America Christianity in Brazil 188,078,227 92.9% 174,863,151
Southeast Asia Christianity in Brunei 372,361 10% 37,236
Balkans Christianity in Bulgaria 7,450,349 83.8% 6,243,435
West Africa Christianity in Burkina Faso 13,925,313 10% 1,392,531
Central Africa Christianity in Burundi 6,370,609 67% 4,268,308
Southeast Asia Christianity in Cambodia 13,607,069 0.5% 27,215
West Africa Christianity in Cameroon 16,380,005 40% 6,552,002
North America Christianity in Canada 32,805,041 74% 24,275,700
Central Africa Christianity in Central African Republic 3,799,897 50% 1,899,948
Central Africa Christianity in Chad 9,826,419 35% 3,439,279
South America Christianity in Chile 15,980,912 99% 15,821,190
East Asia Christianity in China 1,306,313,812 3.5% - 5.7% 45,700,000 - 74,500,000
South America Christianity in Colombia 42,954,279 98% 42,095,214
East Africa Christianity in Comoros 671,247 2% 13,424
Central Africa Christianity in the Republic of the Congo 3,039,126 50% 1,519,563
Central Africa Christianity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 60,085,004 80% 48,068,000
Central America Christianity in Costa Rica 4,016,173 92% 3,694,904
West Africa Christianity in Côte d'Ivoire 17,298,040 30% 5,190,000
Balkans Christianity in Croatia 4,495,904 92.6% 4,167,000
North America Christianity in Cuba 11,346,670 45% 5,106,015
Middle East Christianity in Cyprus 780,133 82% 639,764
Central Europe Christianity in Czech Republic 10,241,138 28.9% 2,949,465
Western Europe Christianity in Denmark 5,411,405 84.8% 4,586,368
East Africa Christianity in Djibouti 476,703 6% 28,608
Caribbean Christianity in Dominican Republic 8,950,034 98% 8,771,098
Southeast Asia Christianity in East Timor 1,040,880 93% 968,130
South America Christianity in Ecuador 13,363,593 98% 13,096,330
North Africa Christianity in Egypt 77,505,756 9% 6,975,540
Central America Christianity in El Salvador 6,704,932 99.4% 6,664,770
East Africa Christianity in Eritrea 4,561,599 50% 2,280,799
Eastern Europe Christianity in Estonia 1,332,893 27.8% 370,546
East Africa Christianity in Ethiopia 73,053,286 61.6% 45,000,824
Oceania Christianity in Fiji 893,354 52% 464,568
Western Europe Christianity in Finland 5,223,442 86.4% 4,513,104
Western Europe Christianity in France 63,587,700 87% 55,321,299
West Africa Christianity in Gabon 1,389,201 75% 1,041,900
West Africa Christianity in The Gambia 1,593,256 9% 143,397
Middle East Christianity in Georgia 4,677,401 88.6% 4,144,176
Western Europe Christianity in Germany 82,431,390 70% 57,701,980
West Africa Christianity in Ghana 21,029,853 63% 13,244,490
Balkans Christianity in Greece 10,668,354 98% 10,028,296
Caribbean Christianity in Grenada 89,502 99% 88,605
Central America Christianity in Guatemala 14,655,189 85% 12,456,920
West Africa Christianity in Guinea 9,467,866 8% 757,432
West Africa Christianity in Guinea-Bissau 1,416,027 5% 70,800
South America Christianity in Guyana 765,283 50% 382,640,
Caribbean Christianity in Haiti 8,121,622 96% 7,796,832
Central America Christianity in Honduras 6,975,204 99% 6,905,448
Central Europe Christianity in Hungary 10,006,835 74.4% 7,435,126
Western Europe Christianity in Iceland 296,737 93.8% 278,398
South Asia Christianity in India 1,028,610,388 2.4% 25,000,000
Southeast Asia Christianity in Indonesia 241,973,879 12% 25,000,000
Middle East Christianity in Iran 68,017,860 0.2% 136,000
Middle East Christianity in Iraq (see also: Iraq Maps) 26,074,906 2.8% 750,000
Western Europe Christianity in Ireland 4,015,676 93% 3,734,601
Middle East Christianity in Israel 6,276,883 2.1% 131,814
Western Europe Christianity in Italy 58,103,033 96% 55,778,880
Caribbean Christianity in Jamaica 2,731,832 80% 2,185,520
East Asia Christianity in Japan 127,417,244 0.7% 1,000,000
Middle East Christianity in Jordan 5,759,732 6% 345,600
Central Asia Christianity in Kazakhstan 15,185,844 53% 8,048,580
East Africa Christianity in Kenya 33,829,590 80% 27,064,000
East Asia Christianity in North Korea 22,912,177 0.05% 12,000
East Asia Christianity in South Korea 48,846,823 30% 15,380,246
Middle East Christianity in Kuwait 2,335,648 10.7% 250,000
Central Asia Christianity in Kyrgyzstan 5,146,281 20% 1,029,256
Southeast Asia Chrisitanity in Laos 6,217,141 1.5% 93,256
Eastern Europe Christianity in Latvia 2,290,237 58.8% 1,336,405
Middle East Christianity in Lebanon 3,826,018 40% 1,530,407
Southern Africa Christianity in Lesotho 1,867,035 80% 1,493,600
West Africa Christianity in Liberia 3,482,211 40% 1,392,884
North Africa Christianity in Libya 5,765,563 3% 172,968
Eastern Europe Christianity in Lithuania 3,596,617 85% 3,057,195
Western Europe Christianity in Luxembourg 468,571 90% 421,714
Balkans Christianity in FYR Macedonia 2,045,262 32.6% 666,767
Southern Africa Christianity in Madagascar 18,040,341 41% 7,396,564
Southern Africa Christianity in Malawi 12,158,924 80% 9,727,200
Southeast Asia Christianity in Malaysia 23,953,136 10% 2,395,314
South Asia Christianity in Maldives 349,106 n/a n/a
West Africa Christianity in Mali 12,291,529 5% 614,576
North Africa Christianity in Mauritania 3,086,859 0.1 3,087
Southern Africa Christianity in Mauritius 1,230,602 32.2% 396,253
North America Christianity in Mexico 106,202,903 95% 100,892,850
Eastern Europe Christianity in Moldova 4,455,421 98.2% 4,375,301
Central Asia Christianity in Mongolia 2,791,272 0.3% 10,000
North Africa Christianity in Morocco 32,725,847 0.1% 35,000
Southern Africa Christianity in Mozambique 19,406,703 41.3% 8,014,967
Southeast Asia Christianity in Myanmar 42,909,464 4% 1,716,378
Southern Africa Christianity in Namibia 2,030,692 90% 1,827,630
South Asia Christianity in Nepal 27,676,547 1.4% 400,000
Western Europe Christianity in the Netherlands 16,407,491 51% 8,367,825
Oceania Christianity in New Zealand 4,035,461 53.5% 2,158,992
Central America Christianity in Nicaragua 5,465,100 91.5% 5,000,566
West Africa Christianity in Niger 11,665,937 5% 583,300
West Africa Christianity in Nigeria 128,771,988 45% 57,947,400
Western Europe Christianity in Norway 4,593,041 90.1% 4,138,293
Middle East Christianity in Oman 3,001,583 0.01% 450
South Asia Christianity in Pakistan 162,419,946 2.5% 3,500,000
Central America Christianity in Panama 3,039,150 90% 2,735,280
Oceania Christianity in Papua New Guinea 5,545,268 66% 3,659,900
South America Christianity in Paraguay 6,347,884 99% 6,284,421
South America Christianity in Peru 27,925,628 83.1% 23,206,256
Southeast Asia Christianity in The Philippines 87,857,473 92.5% 81,268,187
Central Europe Christianity in Poland 38,635,144 91.4% 35,312,572
Western Europe Christianity in Portugal 10,566,212 97% 10,249,310
Middle East Christianity in Qatar 863,051 8.1% 70,000
Balkans Christianity in Romania 22,329,977 99% 22,106,700
Eastern Europe Christianity in Russia 143,420,309 87.5% 125,561,282
East Africa Christianity in Rwanda 8,440,820 93.6% 7,892,335
Western Europe Christianity in San Marino 28,880 100% 28,880
Middle East Christianity in Saudi Arabia 26,417,599 3.7% 1,000,000
West Africa Christianity in Senegal 11,126,832 6% 667,620
Balkans Christianity in Serbia and Montenegro 10,829,175 70% 7,576,100
East Africa Christianity in Seychelles 81,188 93.2% 75,680
West Africa Christianity in Sierra Leone 6,017,643 10% 601,765
Southeast Asia Christianity in Singapore 4,425,720 14.6% 646,167
Central Europe Christianity in Slovakia 5,431,363 83.8% 4,551,513
Central Europe Christianity in Slovenia 2,011,070 61% 1,226,770
East Africa Christianity in Somalia 8,591,629 n/a n/a
Southern Africa Christianity in South Africa 44,344,136 79.7% 35,342,330
Western Europe Christianity in Spain 40,341,462 95% 38,727,840
South Asia Christianity in Sri Lanka 20,064,776 6.2% 1,244,017
North Africa Christianity in Sudan 40,187,486 5% 2,009,375
South America Christianity in Suriname 438,144 50% 219,072
Southern Africa Christianity in Swaziland 1,173,900 86% 1,009,555
Western Europe Christianity in Sweden 9,001,774 78% 7,021,384
Western Europe Christianity in Switzerland 7,489,370 79.3% 5,939,095
Middle East Christianity in Syria 18,448,752 10% 1,844,876
East Asia Christianity in Taiwan 22,894,384 4.5% 1,030,250
Central Asia Christianity in Tajikistan 7,163,506 5% 358,175
East Africa Christianity in Tanzania 36,766,356 30% 11,029,950
Southeast Asia Christianity in Thailand 65,444,371 0.5% 308,110
West Africa Christianity in Togo 5,681,519 29% 1,647,665
Central America Christianity in Trinidad and Tobago 1,088,644 57.6% 627,090
North Africa Christianity in Tunisia 10,074,951 0.5% 50,000
Middle East Christianity in Turkey 69,660,559 0.2% 139,320
Central Asia Christianity in Turkmenistan 4,952,081 10% 500,000
East Africa Christianity in Uganda 27,269,482 66% 17,997,870
Eastern Europe Christianity in Ukraine 47,425,336 68% 32,249,340
Middle East Christianity in the United Arab Emirates 2,563,212 3% 76,900
Western Europe Christianity in the United Kingdom 60,441,457 71.6% 43,276,114
North America Christianity in the United States 295,734,134 80% 236,557,785
Caribbean Christianity in Puerto Rico (U.S.) 3,916,632 93% 3,642,530
South America Christianity in Uruguay 3,415,920 68% 2,322,880
Central Asia Christianity in Uzbekistan 26,851,195 11% 2,953,632
Western Europe Christianity in Vatican City 921 100% 921
South America Christianity in Venezuela 25,375,281 98% 24,867,794
Southeast Asia Christianity in Vietnam 83,535,576 7.2% 6,014,563
Middle East Christianity in West Bank and Gaza 3,761,904 5% 188,100
North Africa Christianity in Western Sahara 273,008 0.2% 546
Middle East Christianity in Yemen 20,727,063 0.5% 103,635
Southern Africa Christianity in Zambia 11,261,795 75% 8,446,350
Southern Africa Christianity in Zimbabwe 12,746,990 75% 9,560,250
Total 6,525,170,264 33.03% 2,150,000,000

Background

There are varieties of Christian worldviews and even disputes of the meaning of the concept of a Christian worldview. This worldview definition and concept has changed with the canons: for example, the concept of a "three-story" universe is in several versions of the Bible - the heavens above, the earth beneath, and the underworld - what Northrop Frye indicated as the central clusters of the system of metaphors in the Bible - mountain, garden, and cave. Later Bibles include the notion of Hell to accommodate the emergence of this concept in Christian belief.

In other respects than the "three-story" universe, there are great differences among the biblical worldviews, including pre-Christian changes in the . The Sadducean community to which most Temple priests belonged in the time of Jesus accepted only the first five books of the Torah as canon. The various schools of Pharisees accepted different sets of books.

The Evangelical Worldview is built upon the outline:

Creation  Fall  Redemption  Consummation 4

A March 10, 2009 editorial in the Christian Science Monitor by Michael Spencer (who writes the blog InternetMonk.com) foresaw a major collapse of evangelical Christianity within the next 10 years and the rise of an anti-Christian chapter in Western history. Spencer also ventured that new forms of Christian ministry will emerge less focused on politics and power and more focused on happenings within the church.[5]

Worldviews Are A Universal of Human Existence

Worldviews embrace the world as it exists in one's time, but only in relation to how the world is pictured by this or that person, this or that community or institution, tainted by possible agenda. A religious worldview can not only describe the beliefs and agenda of a group, but the style and tone of that worldview can reflect a general emotional state of those who speak for that group. For example, Christian worldviews reflected in British 19th Century Imperialist doctrine can strike the contemporary reader as patronizing and magnanimous in tone, reflecting both the need to reinforce the higher moral purpose of British hegemony but the largesse that the British Empire received from implementing this worldview.

Language Factors in Worldviews: the Case of Palestine in Jesus' Day

Another worldview factor has to do with language. It is the Greek Septuagint that is quoted by Paul in his Letters in the New Testament, not the Torah in any of its differing canonizations. Aramaic (see also: Aramaic of Jesus) by this time was spoken mostly among the poor of Palestine. The Greek-speaking synogogues of Jerusalem and other large cities were well attended by Christians like Stephen the Martyr, Jews native to Jerusalem and other parts of Palestine and pilgrims and converts who spoke mostly Greek.

U.S. Protestant Conservative "Worldview" vs. "Doctrine"

The U.S. use of the term "worldview" in Christian rhetoric can be traced to the evangelical Reformed philosopher H. Evan Runner of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Runner used the term in his evangelical Reformed community in North America, promoting the worldview concept from a philosophical concept to a synonym for "doctrine."

Key People and Literary Works

Original Worldview Thinkers in Protestant Evangelicalism

Notes

  1.  « .Americans Struggle with Religion's Role at Home and Abroad Conducted in association with the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Retrieved 09/09/2009
  2.  « .Barna Poll on U.S. Religious Belief - 2001 Retrieved 09/09/2009
  3.  « .Blue Letter Bible. "Acts of the Apostles 26 - (ESV - English Standard Version)." Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2009. 10 Sep 2009.
  4.  « .Grand Rapids Theological Seminary Retrieved 09/09/2009
  5.  « .An End to Religion, Newspapers and the American Way of Life pewresearch.org Retrieved 09/09/2009

References

  • The Business Of Heaven:Daily Readings From C. S. Lewis ed. Walter Hooper, 1984, Harvest Book, Harcourt, Inc.
  • Christian Reflections (1967; essays and papers)(All essays found in Essay Collection (2000)
  • All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis 1922 – 27 (1993)
  • Habermas, Gary, The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ (College Press: Joplin, MI 1996).
  • Habermas, Gary, Licona, Gary The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus (Kregel, 1994)
  • Kitchen, Kenneth, On the Reliability of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids and Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8028-4960-1, 2003
  • Stoner, Peter Science Speaks (Chapter 2: Prophetic Accuracy and Chapter 3: The Christ of Prophecy), Chicago, Moody Press, 1963
  • Kreeft, Peter and Ronald Tacelli. 1994. "Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions". InterVarsity Press
  • Ramm, Bernard. 1962. Varieties of Christian Apologetics: An Introduction to the Christian Philosophy of Religion. Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  • Sproul, R. C. Not a Chance: The Myth of Chance in Modern Science and Cosmology, Baker Book House: 1994
  • Archer, Gleason, 2001. New Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties. ISBN 0-310-24146-4
  • Bruce, F. F.,The Canon of Scripture, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL, 1988
  • Geisler, Norman and Howe, Thomas When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties Baker Books, Grand Rapids Michigan, 1992
  • Geisler, Norman, ed. (1980). Inerrancy. ISBN 0-310-39281-0.
  • Kaiser, Walter C., Davids, Petr H., Bruce, F. F., Brauch, Manfred, Hard Sayings of the Bible, Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL 1996
  • Sproul, R. C., The Holiness of God, Tyndale, Carol Stream, IL 1996
  • Gish, Duanne. Evolution: The Fossils Still Say No!, El Cajon: ICR, 1995
  • Johnson, Phillip E. Darwin on Trial. InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois. 1991
  • Sproul, R. C. Not a Chance: The Myth of Chance in Modern Science and Cosmology, Baker Book House: 1994
  • Wysong, R. L. The Creation-Evolution Controversy.
  • Lewis, C. S. 1955. Mere Christianity. Fontana, Glasgow.
  • McGrath, Alister. 1992. Bridge-Building: Effective Christian Apologetics. InterVarsity Press, Leicester, UK.
  • Schaeffer, Francis A. 1982. The Complete Works of Francis Schaeffer. 5 Volumes. Crossway Books, Westchester, Illinois.

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Christian worldview refers to a collection of distinctively Christian philosophical and religious beliefs. The term is typically used in one of three ways: 1. A set of worldviews voiced by those identifying themselves as Christian; 2. Common elements of worldviews predominant among those identifying themselves as Christian; 3. The concept of a single "Christian worldview" on a range of issues. There are some rather startling statistics, based upon the following definition of "worldview ... more
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