Worldview Examples
Worldview examples include; Christian Theism, Deism, Naturalism, Nihilism, Existentialism, Eastern Pantheistic Monism, New Age,...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Dec 7, 2021
The Fine-Tuned Universe
A Fine-Tuned Universe is described using seven categories: The Initial Condition of the Universe, Initial Entropy, the Cosmological Constant
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 30, 2021
Emergentism Theory: Christian Participation
Emergentism Theory: Christian Participation
Emergentism Theory predicts a competition among Worldviews.
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 11, 2021
Social Change - Conflict Theory
(paid link) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels would have agreed with the Conflict Theory patterns of social...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 11, 2021
Social Change - Emergence Theory
(paid link) The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin: A quick Google search for books on Emergence Theory (also called Complexity Theory)...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 11, 2021
Social Change - Evolutionary Theory
(paid link) Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle: An excellent example of Evolutionary Theory can be found in In Oath of...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 11, 2021
Social Change - Culture Theory
(paid link) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: Patterns of Culture Theory are illustrated in The Kite Runner. In the novel, Hosseini’s...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 11, 2021
Social Change - Technology Theory
(paid link) I Robot by Isaac by Isaac Asimov: Patterns of Technology Theory are evident in the classic novel I Robot, and Asimov’s ideas...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 10, 2021
Social Change - Cycle Theory
(paid link) The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov: Patterns of Cycle Theory can be seen clearly in Isaac Asimov’s The Foundation. It is...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 10, 2021
Social Change - Market Theory
(paid link) Calumet K by Samuel Merwin: This book represents the pattern of Market Theory in fiction. It is amazing that in the modern...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 10, 2021
Social Change - Progress Theory
(paid link) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand: This book represents the pattern of Progress Theory in fiction. Twenty-five years after J.B Bury...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 10, 2021
Social Change - Development Theory
(paid link) Animal Farm by George Orwell: This book represents the patterns of Development Theory in fiction. Often called “Dystopian...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 10, 2021
Social Change - Power Theory
(paid link) Angels & Demons by Dan Brown: This book represents the patterns of Power Theory in fiction. The Power Theory of Social Change...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 10, 2021
Social Change Tool Kit - Part 4
Evolutionary Theory Evolutionary Theory is the first to place the environment as the locus of social change Evolution Theory Assumptions:...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 10, 2021
Social Change Tool Kit - Part 3
Cycle Theory So far, the theories we have been considering all describe change as happening in one direction. Cycle Theory introduces the...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 10, 2021
Social Change Took Kit - Part 2
Development Theory Development Theory views society as a biological organism that moves through life cycles of birth, growth, maturity,...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 10, 2021
Social Change Tool Kit - Part 1
Abstract Fiction authors that create imaginary worlds have a unique opportunity to influence cultural change. However, to do that job...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 8, 2021
Emergentism - God
(paid link) The Return of the God Hypothesis by Stephen C. Meyer: My interest in Emergence and Emergentism led me to question some of the...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 8, 2021
Emergentist Approach to Ethics - Part 3
An Integrated Approach In Christianity, we find a system of morality that integrates all of these various approaches into a single...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jul 8, 2021
Emergentist Approach to Ethics - Part 2
Ethical Problems Increase Exponentially with Scale A single person may struggle with deciding between right and wrong; but as the number...
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