Worldview in History

I was reading some of the principle approach and worldview posts on one of my loops and thought I’d share what has worked for our family.

I have used Truth Quest History for the past 5 or so years. It is an excellent tool to study history chronologically from a Biblical worldview. I have tried several other history curricula, but none of them measure up to the content in TQ. Someone was asking for questions to study the Biblical worldview. I’ll share the questions that I ask my kids as we study societies in history. These are discussed over & over throughout all TQ guides.

Who is God?
Who, then, is mankind?

These are the questions that you can ask of any civilization or society to determine their worldview. We just finished reading about the Roman empire and discussing their Big 2 Beliefs. We saw that the Romans god was the emperor (government). They truly believed that the emperor would save them. You should read the greeting sent to Augustus on his birthday, near the time of Christ. It even uses the words “good tidings”. Because of their belief in the emperor/government, they looked to the government to determine the value of humans. If the government did not value men, then those guys were dispensable. Just look at the gladiatorial games. This is just a very quick summary of the Roman’s worldview. From here, we can compare their worldview with a Biblical worldview.

For me, these two questions help us analyze any time period of history to determine specifics about their worldview. If you want to read my review of TQ, you can see it at Truth Quest History

Kerry