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Lesson 3 Flashcards

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“cultural element”

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a greater realization of the importance of culture in communicating Christ

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What causes missionaries to forget that cultural barriers are the most formidable barriers to cross-cultural communication?

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technological advances that allow them to cross geographical barriers with ease and increasing frequencey

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Circle each TRUE statement. Before going to the mission field, missionaries have been preoccupied with the message of Christ because…

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by believing it, they were saved
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by studying it, they have been strengthened
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they have a desire to relive the salvation experience
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they want to preach it to those who have not heard it

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1, 2, 4

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Explain how Hesselgrave relates study and knowledge to preaching the message of Christ to those who have not heard it

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to preach Christ effectively, you must not only study the language but also know the culture of the audience to understand the meaning the audience attaches to their words and messages

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Hesselgrave states that nurture has…

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more to do with cultural isolation than nature
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as much to do with cultural isolation as nature
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less to do with cultural isolation than nature
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nothing to do with cultural isolation

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1

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2 ways in which Oliver advocates we study the rhetorical process

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in terms of what and how people think

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3 characteristics of rhetoric from societies whose speech has been influenced by ancient Greece and Rome that are not appreciated by Asian cultures

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directness, lack of subtlety, immediate decision

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3 basic points of reference in the process of communication

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speaker, speech, audience

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3 culture model of missionary communication - what are the 3 cultures

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Bible culture, the missionary’s culture, the respondent’s culture

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10
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a most critical point of the Hesselgrave text

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the missionary’s own fan of perception (culture) harmfully influences hi interpretation of both the Bible culture and the respondent’s culture

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3 cultures that are involved each time a cross-cultural missionary communication is attempted

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Bible culture, missionary’s culture, respondent’s culture

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12
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the 3 culture model of missionary communication indicates that the missionary looks in ____ direction(s).

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2

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another important aspect of communication

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to raise up effective sources of the Christian message from within the respondent culture who will communicate Christ to still other respondent cultures

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14
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4 characteristics of culture

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learned, a shared system, an integrated whole, constantly changing

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3 categories/types of culture

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technological (artifacts & activities to manipulate material world)

sociological (patterns of relationship and behavior)

ideological (knowledge, beliefs, worldview, values)

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16
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amazing quote on culture

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Cultures are but different answers to essentially the same human problems.

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17
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Circle each TRUE statement.

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Missionaries do not need to work out the implications of their conclusions about the relationship between Christ and culture.
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missionaries need a biblical view of both Christ and culture
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Some cultures have no elements of divine order
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every culture has elements of satanic rebellion
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all cultures have a potential for revealing God’s truth

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2, 4, 5

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18
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state the theological view of the relationship between Christ and culture that is described:

the believer lives with the tension of obeying the authority of Christ and the authority of culture

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Christ and culture in paradox

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state the theological view of the relationship between Christ and culture that is described:

Christ is the only authority, and culture is to be rejected

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Christ against culture

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state the theological view of the relationship between Christ and culture that is described:

Christianity differs from culture only in quality, and the best culture should be selected to conform to Christ

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the Christ of culture

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21
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state the theological view of the relationship between Christ and culture that is described:

In Christ humanity is redeemed and culture can be renewed to glorify God.

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Christ the transformer of culture

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22
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state the theological view of the relationship between Christ and culture that is described:

the grace of God perfects and completes culture

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Christ above culture

23
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The missionary cannot stay on a spiritual level that is above culture because communication is…

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entirely cultural
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almost entirely cultural
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inextricable from culture
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almost inseparable from culture

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3

24
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use the concept supracultural to imply tension between Christ and culture

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although Christianity is supracultural in its origin and truth, it is cultural in its application

25
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brief definition of contextualization

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a PROCESS of making a MESSAGE MEANINGFUL in a new CULTURE. To do this, a culture must be REBUILD, or restated, inside the new culture in a manner that is both faithful to the original INTENT of its source and understandable to the respondents in the new environment

26
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Every culture has…

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elements of divine order AND satanic rebellion;
potential for the revelation of God’s truth AND for its concealment or mutilation

27
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all culture needs transformation in _____ if not in content

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motivation

28
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God has ordained culture but does not ____ man’s cultures.

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order

29
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what does it mean to have a high view of the Bible and a high view of culture?

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high view of the Bible - it is authoritative and demands faith and obedience to all of it

high view of culture - each culture is reasonable (not necessarily right) given the specific circumstances in which it has developed

30
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definition of cultural relativism

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an observer should be careful to evaluate a culture first in terms of its own values, goals, and focuses before venturing to compare it (either positively or negatively) with any other culture

31
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definition of ethnography

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a method of describing a culture or situation within a culture from the emic or native’s point of viewe

32
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emic perspective v etic perspective

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emic - analyzed by an insider
etic - analyzed by an outsider

33
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Describe the missionary approach that attempts to merge the world’s major religions at the expense of essential Christian doctrine

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a case of the blind leading the blind

34
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“Self-exposure will be of utmost importance for the missionary… Values are best taught in the drama of life, not in preaching.” This statement asserts that self-exposure is the solution to….

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many cultural problems
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many communication problems
3
being all things to all men
4
all cultural and communication problems

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2

35
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State how and why Paul communicated Christ to all cultures with which he had contact

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“I have become all things to all men, that by all means I might save some. This goes beyond meaningful words to include meaningful nonverbal gestures and tone.
(identifying with his audience)

36
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3 identifications a missionary needs for communicating Christ cross-culturally

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study of Bible culture (knowing God)

study of missionary’s own culture (knowing self)

study of the respondent’s culture (knowing audience)

37
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“macro-culture”
v
“micro-culture”

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Macro-culture: the large groupings in which people identify with one another (i.e. giving allegiance to same flag or gov or speaking same language)

Micro-culture: the various subcultural distinctions within these larger groupings (differences within people living in same neighborhood even)

38
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What’s the cross-cultural communication process that matches?

Ways of channeling the message

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media influence

39
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What’s the cross-cultural communication process that matches?

ways of interacting

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social structures

40
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What’s the cross-cultural communication process that matches?

ways of deciding

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motivational resources

41
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What’s the cross-cultural communication process that matches?

ways of expressing ideas

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linguistic forms

42
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What’s the cross-cultural communication process that matches?

ways of perceiving the world

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worldviews

43
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What’s the cross-cultural communication process that matches?

ways of thinking

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cognitive processes

44
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What’s the cross-cultural communication process that matches?

ways of acting

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behavioral patterns

45
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Missionaries are Christian ____.

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persuaders

46
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Circle each TRUE statement. A direct or indirect cause of poor timing on the part of the missionary-evangelist is that…

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many decisions are not for Christ
2
many respondents accept something other than salvation
3
some respondents accept clothing as reward for their responding

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1, 2

47
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Match the description with the type of audience response.

respondent chooses appealing parts of message and adds them to non-Christian religions

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syncretistic incorporation

48
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Match the description with the type of audience response.

Respondent reinterprets message in the decoding process

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situational reformulation

49
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Match the description with the type of audience response.

respondent must understand the message

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sincere acceptance OR straightforward rejection

50
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Match the description with the type of audience response.

respondent rejects message but allows a subordinate to accept it

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symbiotic resignation

51
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Match the description with the type of audience response.

respondent postpones decision to accept Christ

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studied protraction

52
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3 encouragements to study cross-cultural communication

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1 Cultures do have some similarities to each other.

2 most people have great potential for adjusting to other cultures

3 Holy Spirit illuminates truth and convicts of sin

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Cross-Cultural Comm (15 decks)

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