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Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally
Lesson 6Clergy Development
Church of the NazareneWorthy of the Calling
Kansas City, Missouri
Listen at your own pace Work when and where you want Keep up with your schedule
Do your own work Each week
Listen to the lectures Respond to the questions/discussions Comment on at least one other student’s
response
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Post your answers/discussions as a comment to the lecture
Respond to other students as a reply to their comment
Keep discussions/comments to about 300 words as a target length
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Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview
Understand the concept of worldview
Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview
Understand the concept of worldview Understand one’s own cultural worldview
Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview
Understand the concept of worldview Understand one’s own cultural worldview Identify elements of a biblical worldview
Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview
Understand the concept of worldview Understand one’s own cultural worldview Identify elements of a biblical worldview Be confident of how one perceives a biblical
worldview and be prepared to explain major elements of it
Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview
Understand the concept of worldview Understand one’s own cultural worldview Identify elements of a biblical worldview Be confident of how one perceives a biblical worldview
and be prepared to explain major elements of it Know where one’s own biblical worldview clashes with
his or her cultural worldview – identify the elements where the most significant clashes occur
Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview
Use analytic listening skills to try to decipher the worldview of non-Christian friends
Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview
Use analytic listening skills to try to decipher the worldview of non-Christian friends
Be a person whose biblical worldview instructs, governs, and corrects tendencies to adopt alternate worldviews
Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview
It comprises the systematic ways in which we perceive the world
Worldview Definitions
It comprises the systematic ways in which we perceive the world
It is a body of assumptions that deal with the nature of reality, the organization of the universe, the ends and purposes of human life values, norms, and differentiation between good and evil, right and wrong
Worldview Definitions
It comprises the systematic ways in which we perceive the world
It is a body of assumptions that deal with the nature of reality, the organization of the universe, the ends and purposes of human life values, norms, and differentiation between good and evil, right and wrong
It is a person’s total response to the universe
Worldview Definitions
It comprises the systematic ways in which we perceive the world
It is a body of assumptions that deal with the nature of reality, the organization of the universe, the ends and purposes of human life values, norms, and differentiation between good and evil, right and wrong
It is a person’s total response to the universe It is the collection of implicit beliefs that drive a person’s
behavior
Worldview Definitions
Dominant Worldviews
Naturalist Worldview: There is no supernatural
Dominant Worldviews
Naturalist Worldview: There is no supernatural
Tribal Worldview: The world is filled with spirits both good and bad
Dominant Worldviews
Naturalist Worldview: There is no supernatural
Tribal Worldview: The world is filled with spirits both good and bad
Hindu-Buddha Worldview: Life is cyclical, based on the natural life
Dominant Worldviews
Naturalist Worldview: There is no supernatural Tribal Worldview: The world is filled with spirits
both good and bad Hindu-Buddha Worldview: Life is cyclical,
based on the natural life Chinese Worldview: Based on ordered and
accountable relationships and duty
Dominant Worldviews
Monotheistic Worldview: Humans are accountable to a single, ultimate God
Dominant Worldviews
Monotheistic Worldview: Humans are accountable to a single, ultimate God
Syncretistic Worldview: Combines two or more elements of the views just considered
Dominant Worldviews
Monotheistic Worldview: Humans are accountable to a single, ultimate God
Syncretistic Worldview: Combines two or more elements of the views just considered
Multireligious Worldview: May be either the compartmentalization of religious beliefs or the unifying of them
Dominant Worldviews
Monotheistic Worldview: Humans are accountable to a single, ultimate God
Syncretistic Worldview: Combines two or more elements of the views just considered
Multireligious Worldview: May be either the compartmentalization of religious beliefs or the unifying of them
Atheistic Worldview: Rejects any perspective of the supernatural
Dominant Worldviews
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Central Control versus Free Enterprise
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Central Control versus Free Enterprise Group Loyalty versus Private Rights
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Central Control versus Free Enterprise Group Loyalty versus Private Rights Cooperation versus Competition
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Central Control versus Free Enterprise Group Loyalty versus Private Rights Cooperation versus Competition Humans versus Nature
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Central Control versus Free Enterprise Group Loyalty versus Private Rights Cooperation versus Competition Humans versus Nature Informality versus Formality
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Central Control versus Free Enterprise Group Loyalty versus Private Rights Cooperation versus Competition Humans versus Nature Informality versus Formality Private Ownership versus Public Sharing
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Changelessness versus Progress
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Changelessness versus Progress Work versus Play
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Changelessness versus Progress Work versus Play Time versus Space
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Changelessness versus Progress Work versus Play Time versus Space Self-reliance versus Group-reliance
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Changelessness versus Progress Work versus Play Time versus Space Self-reliance versus Group-reliance Illusory World versus a Real and Rational World
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Changelessness versus Progress Work versus Play Time versus Space Self-reliance versus Group-reliance Illusory World versus a Real and Rational World Sight versus Use of Other Senses
Worldviews One Extreme to Another
Six Testable Cultural Polarities
Time versus Event Orientation
Six Testable Cultural Polarities
Time versus Event Orientation Dichotomistic versus Holistic Thinking
Six Testable Cultural Polarities
Time versus Event Orientation Dichotomistic versus Holistic Thinking Noncrisis versus Crisis Orientation
Six Testable Cultural Polarities
Time versus Event Orientation Dichotomistic versus Holistic Thinking Noncrisis versus Crisis Orientation Task versus Person Orientation
Six Testable Cultural Polarities
Time versus Event Orientation Dichotomistic versus Holistic Thinking Noncrisis versus Crisis Orientation Task versus Person Orientation Status versus Achievement Focus
Six Testable Cultural Polarities
Time versus Event Orientation Dichotomistic versus Holistic Thinking Noncrisis versus Crisis Orientation Task versus Person Orientation Status versus Achievement Focus Concealment of Vulnerability versus Willingness to
Expose Vulnerability
Six Testable Cultural Polarities
Remember, NEW comment for your answers; REPLY to at least one of your classmates’ comments
Discussion topics:1) Complete the Model of Basic Values Questionnaire on page 87 of
the student guide. Then complete the analyses on pages 96 and 97. What did you discover about yourself?
2) The Roman Catholic Church lists the seven cardinal sins as greed, gluttony, lust, sloth (laziness), anger, envy, and pride. Rank them on the basis of the worldview of your culture, from the most grievous to the least. How would scripture rank them? Why?
Remember your report on your cultural event is due for next lesson.
Don’t forget to journal!
Lesson 6 Homework