How long does it take to read The Universe Next Door?
The Universe Next Door by James W. Sire takes about 5 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 43 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2020. 312 pages, about 85,800 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
For more than forty years, The Universe Next Door has set the standard for a clear, readable introduction to worldviews. Using his widely influential model of eight basic worldview questions, James Sire examines prominent worldviews that have shaped the Western world: theism, deism, naturalism, Marxism, nihilism, existentialism, Eastern monism, New Age philosophy, postmodernism, Islam. Critiquing each worldview within its own frame of reference and in comparison to others, Sire encourages readers to wrestle with life's biggest questions and examine the core beliefs and commitments on which they are building their lives. This sixth edition, updated by Sire's longtime editor Jim Hoover, features new explanatory sidebars, helpful charts, and a chapter on challenges to a Christian worldview in the twenty-first century. New discussion questions also help readers reflect more deeply on each chapter. – Back cover.
Subjects: Philosophy
