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APOLOGETICS APPLICATION PAPER
APOLOGETICS APPLICATION PAPER

Glenda Campbell
APOL 500
July 4, 2014

Outline
Introduction
1. Summary of the Islamic worldview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Evaluating the Islamic Worldview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Correcting the Islamic Worldview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. Defending the Christian Worldview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Apologetics Application Paper
Introduction
According to Brown, people everywhere filter what they read and hear through the grid of their own worldview.1 We all see the world different and the assumptions and prejudices that have about the world have an effect on how we regard the world. The Christian worldview and the Islamic worldview are similar, but they are different in many ways. But, what is a worldview? The ways a person views and understands the world have an effect on everyone. Sire defines a worldview as "a set of presuppositions (or assumptions) which we hold (consciously or subconsciously) about the basic makeup of our world.”2
The Islamic religion is primarily in Africa, the Middle East, South, Southeast and Central Asia, Spain, and Southern Italy. Islamic religion, a monotheistic religion, and presently, the Many people view the Islamic religion as a violent and radical religion driven by a need to rage war on anyone that they believe is an enemy of Allah. According to history, Islam has been described a group of fanatics that would defend their



Bibliography: Ferguson, Everett. Church History: From Christ to Pre-Reformation, Vol. 1 (Michigan: Zordervan, 2005) Groothuis, Douglas, Christian Apologetics: A comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2011). Sire, James W. The Universe Next Door (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1988), 17.

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