James W. Sire - The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog

Pros: Understandable, lucid, readable, accessible, and well-written.
Cons: Definitely biased toward Christian theism.

Every once in a while, I find myself on the periphery of a discussion among friends that touches on the topic of world religions. Now, I acknowledge that I am no expert at all on any religion, let alone the one I profess, but at times like those, I feel ...

Pros: Displays many religions and ideologies
Cons: Condescending tone

I had to read The Universe Next Door for a freshman seminar class I had at my school. It looked really interesting- it tells about different theologies and religions. I thought that this was a good thing because it's always nice to know about...

Pros: And okay look at several major worldviews from a Christian perspective
Cons: overly obvious bias keeps it from providing good info on several worldviews

As part of my Worldviews class at Regent University, I had to read this book. I had great expectations about this text, but found myself sorely disappointed. Sire's complete and obvious biased against all worldviews but the Christian results in him ...

Pros: Good for anyone starting out in philosophy or apologetics
Cons: Could use more detail

I read this book in a 'Foundations of Christian Thought' class. The book is basically a review of some of the most popular worldviews. I would say its a pretty simple and straight forward book. Its a good book for anyone who wants to learn about others...