Emotions, Angst, and Worldview-Change

I'm studying for my philosophy exam at the moment, and in particular I'm looking at worldviews - how we come to them, how our thinking relates to our experience, that sort of thing. I just read this little bit and wanted to share it with you:

Healthy emotional life which knows and expresses appropriately the full range of emotions is crucial in worldview formation. [...] Unresolved issues in personal or communal life can cause an enormous split between what is in fact done and what is confessed in faith. When such a split becomes a way of life, incongruities become increasingly difficult to live with and pressure builds up for resolution. The painful pressure and turmoil can lead to delusions and schizophrenia; more commonly, release occurs through a modification or adjustment of the vision of life. Through rationalization and other defensive postures we adjust our view of life in an effort to restore peace and unity. When our vision of life is contaminated, both faith and praxis are threatened.

Olthuis, James H. 'On Worldviews' Christian Scholar's Review. 14/2 1985, 153-164.

When we think about informing and shaping our (or someone else's) worldview with the gospel, it's easy to think of it as an information exchange, pure and simple.

It ain't necessarily so.