This book investigates the concept of worldview, in its numerous aspects, and how worldviews impact, shape, and influence individuals, communities, societies, and cultures. It explores various worldviews—religious, spiritual, and secular—using a comprehensive approach to highlight their breadth, depth, and scope. John Valk argues that everyone has a worldview, and that worldview is often shaped and influenced by individual circumstances and situations. While worldviews have similar structu...

This book is a journey into the heart of an Islamic worldview. It asks challenging questions of far-reaching consequence, addressing matters such as the Qur’an and revelation; rituals and symbols embraced; nature of God, of humans, and of our knowing; dignity of the human, sacredness of life, and more. It precludes easy, prescribed answers, preferring instead thoughtful reflection on two basic questions: What does it mean to love God? What does it mean to be a good person? Carefully crafte...

De Valk van Jomsborg – Een Vikingroman Denemarken, winter 995: In het barre noorden zweren de krijgers van Roskilde bij wraak, eer en het voortbestaan van hun volk. Brandr Ketilsson, beter bekend als Haviksoog, is jong, dapper en bereid alles op het spel te zetten om de verloren banier van zijn huis terug te winnen. Maar de vijand loert overal: Ulf de Vos, een mysterieuze krijger met dodelijke plannen, bedreigt de kusten. Intrige, valse kruisverhoren en verraad doordringen de gelederen van...