This book, Worldview and Belief Systems, constitutes a comparative introduction to the foundations and conception of dominant belief systems and philosophies of life. It illustrates major areas of differences and similarities among belief systems; it provides descriptive accounts of the basic concepts, fundamental teaching and types of worldviews and beliefs systems such as religious, philosophical and scientific worldviews. Conventional ideologies and approaches to life such as materialism, modernism, positivism, secularism and postmodernism, as well as forms of religious belief systems and faiths such as polytheism, pantheism, monism, deism and monotheism are highlighted. The central idea of this book is to offer the beginners in this field an opportunity to read about different perspectives on the subject.
This book, Worldview and Belief Systems, constitutes a comparative introduction to the foundations and conception of dominant belief systems and philosophies of life. It illustrates major areas of differences and similarities among belief systems; it provides descriptive accounts of the basic concepts, fundamental teaching and types of worldviews and beliefs systems such as religious, philosophical and scientific worldviews. Conventional ideologies and approaches to life such as materialism, modernism, positivism, secularism and postmodernism, as well as forms of religious belief systems and faiths such as polytheism, pantheism, monism, deism and monotheism are highlighted. The central idea of this book is to offer the beginners in this field an opportunity to read about different perspectives on the subject.
