Transforming Worldviews – An Anthropological Understanding of How People Change

Paul G. Hiebert (1932-2007) was distinguished professor of mission and anthropology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and previously taught at Fuller Theological Seminary. He also served as a pastor and missionary to India. He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota and was the author or coauthor of numerous articles and books in the fields of anthropology and missions.

• Introduction 1. The Concept of Worldview 2. Characteristics of Worldviews 3. Worldviews in Human Contexts 4. Methods for Analyzing Worldviews 5. Worldviews of Small-Scale Oral Societies 6. Peasant Worldviews 7. The Modern Worldview 8. The Challenge of Late Modernity or Postmodernity 9. The Post-Postmodern or Glocal Worldview 10. Toward a Biblical Worldview 11. Transforming Worldviews AppendixesIndex