into language relevant to those situations.7 Of course, fields of study other than philosophy have also influenced Christian discourse: science, history, literature, and so on. But remember that the work of philosophers is to formulate and examine worldviews. Insofar as Christian theology is also the articulation of a worldview, its interaction with philosophy is especially important. 3. Sadly, through most of the history of Western civilization, philosophy has been governed by non-Christian assumptions.