Description
In Apologia’s Live class, Competing Worldviews: Examining Six Opposing Belief Systems, students will study how those with various worldviews answer life’s ultimate questions.
Course Credit: Three College Credits (See details)
Course Introduction Video

Syllabus
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View SyllabusRequired Class Materials
- Myers, Jeff, and David A. Noebel. Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews. 1st ed. Manitou Springs, CO: Summit Ministries, 2015. (ISBN 9781434709585)
- Summit Ministries. Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews Student Manual. 5th ed. Manitou Springs, CO: Summit Ministries, 2015. (ISBN 9780936163215)
- The student manual provides a passcode to access videos and additional required reading material.
- 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—this addition will encourage students to think critically and reflect personally.
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
All classes are video recorded and available for students to watch later so they don’t miss any instruction.
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