Use these questions to conduct your interview naturally. You do not have to ask each one but choose enough so that you can thoroughly determine the interviewee’s worldview and how it differs from your own.
Choose questions from each area.Remember to ask for permission before recording the interview.Type up a transcript of the interview and submit it with your paper.Worldview/Belief Questions
Have you heard the term worldview before? What does that term mean to you? Would you say you have a worldview? What are some key elements of your worldview?
What do you think is your most firmly held belief? The thing that really makes you who you are?
Do you have core values? What are they?
Have you ever been in a situation or conversation where you felt your core values were threatened? How did you feel? How did you respond?
How do you know what you believe is true?
Would you describe yourself as religious? As spiritual? Is there a difference?
Is it important for you to associate regularly with people who share your same religious commitments? Why or why not?
Do you believe in evil? Do you believe in sin? Where does it come from and how should individuals and societies get rid of it?
When life is particularly challenging or sad, what lifts your spirit? What gives you inner strength