Its structure is extremely unique. It is set up in a form of questions. There are twenty-one questions to be exact. How you answer each question will send you to either another question or to a worldview. For example, the first question is called "The Freedom Question," and it is, "Do You Have the Power to Make Free Choices?" There is a brief explanation of the question and then your options are given. I read this on my Kindle, so it simply read, "If you answered yes to the Freedom question go here. If you answered no to the Freedom question go here." And where I ended up depended on how I answered the question. The questions continue until you land at your worldview.
But what exactly is a worldview? In the helpful Appendix in the back of the book, Anderson defines it as such:
[A] worldview is simply a person's overall philosophical view of the world. It's an all-encompassing perspective on everything that exists and matters to us. Your worldview shapes what you believe and what you're willing to believe, how you interpret your experiences, how you behave in response to those experiences, and how you relate to others.
Everyone has a worldview, whether they know it or not. And this book aims to show you, through self-reflection and observation, what that worldview is. There are twenty listed here, though Anderson himself admits you could get more specific. His listed worldviews range from Atheistic Dualism to Christianity to Finite Godism to Islam to Pelagianism to Relativism and each include full descriptions and possible benefits and problems within them. I can guarantee you that you will find yours here.
Of course there is the question of bias here. And Anderson is unashamed to answer it!
Since I believe that the worldview I hold makes better sense of the world than any of the alternatives, and that those other worldviews face more serious challenges and objections, it shouldn't be surprising to find that belief reflected in my comments on each worldview. Nevertheless, I haven't "rigged" the book in the sense that I have deliberately overstated the problems of some worldviews and understated or ignored the problems of others.
Anderson has a Christian worldview. He won't deny it or pass over it. But he will make a fair, even analysis of the many other worldviews.
What's Your Worldview isn't long, only 112 pages. It "isn't meant to be the last word on worldviews," Anderson wrote in the Appendix.
Rather, it's meant to be the first word in a fruitful conversation about matters of ultimate importance. My goal in this book isn't to persuade readers to agree with my views ... But if the book provokes you to think more self-consciously and critically about your worldview and the worldviews of others, it has done exactly what it was designed to accomplish.
And for me, it did. I thought it was fun and informing and challenging and interesting and thought-provoking! Perhaps my only criticism is that it's not designed to be read on an e-reader (though that's not really a criticism.) The journey through this book is a wild ride, flipping from one page to another, all out of order. It is much easier to follow in a paperback copy than an e-reader. But don't let that stop you! In the end, I kept a copy of the Table of Contents in front of me, and I had so much more ease navigating my way around.
So I highly recommend this book. For both the Christian and the atheist, the Muslim and the mystic, and anyone else, this is an excellent resource!
Buy What's Your Worldview? here.
*I received a copy of this book from Crossway through their Beyond the Page review system. I was not required to give a positive review.