Description
Why do people see the world so differently—even when looking at the same facts? Why does truth feel so contested in culture today? And how can Christians learn to think clearly, confidently, and biblically in the middle of it all?
In Apologia’s Live Class, Competing Worldviews: Examining Six Opposing Belief Systems, students will participate in a discussion-driven, high school–level course designed to help students make sense of the ideas shaping today’s culture. Rather than memorizing terms or skimming headlines, students learn how to identify, evaluate, and compare worldviews using a consistent biblical framework. This course places a strong emphasis on critical thinking, discussion, and cultural engagement.
Throughout the year, students will examine six major worldviews—Christianity, Islam, Secularism, Marxism, New Spirituality, and Postmodernism—and explore how these belief systems answer life’s biggest questions:
• What is real?
• What is true?
• What does it mean to be human?
• How should we live?
This course is ideal for students who:
• Are beginning to encounter challenging ideas about truth, faith, and identity
• Need practice thinking critically rather than just reacting emotionally
• Want to better understand culture without being swept away by it
• Are preparing for college-level discussion and analysis
In a world full of competing voices, this course equips students not just to recognize what they believe—but to understand why they believe it.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. -Romans 12:2
Course Credit: Three College Credits (See details)
Course Introduction Video
Syllabus
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View SyllabusRequired Class Materials
- Worldviews Textbook (This new edition will be available for purchase in May 2026. View sample.)
- Worldviews Student Manual (This new edition will be available for purchase in May 2026. View sample.)
- Lewis, C.S. The Screwtape Letters Independently Published, 2025. (ISBN: 979-8307155295)
- Computer with microphone
Course Topics
Semester One
During the first semester, students will examine society’s six most prominent worldviews—Christianity, Islam, Secularism, Marxism, New Spirituality, and Postmodernism—and how each views man’s relationship to God, himself, and one another. In addition, we will add depth by reading The Screwtape Letters, using its insights to better recognize how ideas subtly shape beliefs, habits, and choices.
Semester Two
During the second semester, students will examine how the influence of the six major worldviews manifests itself in America’s institutions of higher learning, specifically in courses on theology, philosophy, ethics, biology, psychology, sociology, law, politics, economics, and history.
Recorded Classes
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