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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Christian Perspective on the News, October 18, 2003
WORLD Magazine, the fourth largest newsweekly in the U.S., is written from a conservative, Bible-believing Christian worldview. The magazine covers the week's biggest stories from a point of view that can't be found in other periodicals. For conservative Christians, there are few better ways to gain a biblical perspective of today's news. Others, particularly the mainstream press and those not on the religious right will not appreciate this differing focus because of its clear (and admitted) right wing bias. Beyond the week's major headlines, WORLD also includes "quick takes" (concise stories with a funny point), "blog watch" (the "buzz from online journals of politics and culture"), notable quotes, comics, and more. Understandably, news relating to Christianity is a clear focus. Articles on U.S. culture are regular occurences, and the international coverage is excellent, and not limited to the major news countries. News from South America and Africa frequently appears in print, keeping readers informed about major political, cultural, and religious developments on these often forgotten continents. A "mailbag" section with copious reader opinions (both positive and negative) and several editorials (always engaging and thought-provoking) complete each issue. Stylistically, WORLD is on par with the top three newsweeklies (Time, Newsweek, U.S. News) - the format is clean and graphics are high-quality and frequently used. This is not a low-budget, thrown together Christian publication - the editors strive for excellence in everything, including appearance. Bottom line: This magazine does not even try to remain neutral. If you are a conservative Christian, you'll find this magazine a God-send. You'll see the news in an entirely different light. If you are not a conservative Christian, chances are you'll think it's a piece of trash because of its blatant one-sided approach. All readers of WORLD should probably also take the time to get news from other sources - CNN, FoxNews, New York Times, etc. - to get a slightly less biased perspective, plus greater coverage of topics outside politics, culture, and religion. That doesn't detract from this recommendation, however: if want the news from a conservative Christian worldview, WORLD is your magazine.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not your father's newsweekly, August 13, 2006
As an insatiable news junky and practicing Christian reader whose work takes me to many countries each year, I recently caved to my wife's insistence and began to read the World subscription that a relative had given us.
Alongside the Economist, Fortune, Money, Christianity Today, First Things, and the the internet news, World has quickly become a staple of my reading disciplines.
This thin, edgy source of news and analysis intentionally views and argues the news from a biblically-informed world and life view. Any news - to say nothing of all data we process - comes to us through some default or chosen paradigm, so to make this observation is not to set World apart in nature from other magazines of its genre, just to be explicit about the lens its editors maneuver with a rather admirable sort of cunning and a voice that has coalesced and matured over the short years of the magazine's existence.
For those who are somewhat familiar with the species and strains of Christian faith, it may help to note that World's particular lens is common to 'Reformed' faith. Essential features of this kind of Christian commitment include the conviction that 'all truth is God's truth'. An outcome of this is a full engagement with culture in all or most of its printable manifestations.
So you'll get movie and literature reviews as well as news and analysis. One tribute to this weekly is the comment that you won't find pious prudishness, but rather a full frontal interaction with what Christians and others are reading, watching, thinking, and talking about.
For this reason, the editorial line tacks with the kind of 'cultural conservatism' often dismissed by wonks and talking heads, without the Southern-Fried Christianity that is too often considered to be its only generative motive.
Peek inside the credentials of its writers and opinion-makers and you'll find Ivy League credentials, minus the kow-towing.
Don't make it your only news source. But do read World.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Refreshing Perspective!!, August 14, 2004
"World Magazine" is not a copycat of Newsweek or Time, and it delivers the news from biblical viewpoints, albeit the reporters are not themselves perfect. However, in their reporting of the news, they take into account the Sovereignty of God and try to see things from His perspective.
The writers, such as Marvin Olasky, and Gene Edward Veith, do not shy away from the moral and spiritual issues which many times are at the heart of the issues, and they also report on the cultural, art, music, theatre, and political realms, as well as focus on the letters section and editorials.
This is refreshing and filled with hope reporting, and I highly recommend those who have never read this magazine to give it a try. Even better, you can read the magazine on line, if you're so inclined. Great news source, and areas the mainstream media won't even touch!!!
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