Lesson 6 Flashcards
How do the values held by a given people relate to their worldview?
The values are both the determiners of their worldview and the result of their worldview
Values Orientation Chart:
What are the 6 values?
human condition
humanity-nature
time
activity
relational
progress
Values Orientation Chart:
the 3 variations for Human Condition?
- Evil (mutable and immutable)
- mixture of Good and Evil (mutable and immutable)
- Good (mutable and immutable)
Value Orientation Chart:
What are the 3 variations for Humanity-Nature?
- subjection to nature
- harmony with nature
- mastery over nature
Value Orientation Chart:
What are the 3 variations for Time?
- past
- present
- future
Value Orientation Chart:
What are the 3 variations for Activity?
- being
- being-in-becoming
-doing
Value Orientation Chart:
What are the 3 variations for Relational?
- lineality
- collaterality
- individualism
Value Orientation Chart:
What are the 3 variations for Progress?
- change is undesirable
- change is sometimes good and sometimes bad
- change is desirable
Explain how cultures, in relation to human values, are alike and how they are different
Cultures are alike in that all of them have many similar values, but they are different in that they hold those elements of value with differing intensities.
State the question of great theological significance that a person would need to keep in mind if he were to communicate Christ to the people of a culture that does not assume humankind is evil and guilty.
why does humankind need a savior?
Contrast resistance to the gospel by the people of a society that believes the human condition is evil and cannot be changed with those who believe the human condition is evil but can be changed.
The society that believes the human condition can be changed will manifest less resistance to the gospel.
Which are TRUE? Subject to nature people…
1
are often Majority World people
2
often feel helpless against natural forces
3
tend to be quite fatalistic
4
are not termed animistic
1, 2, 3
State how the possession of advanced technology affects a people’s idea of the concept of “sacred”
advanced technology generally hinders development of the idea of the sacred
Does this describe the view of human-nature as harmony with nature, mastery over nature, or subjection to nature?
they destroy much material habitat in the process of exploiting the power of irrigation
mastery over nature
Does this describe the view of human-nature as harmony with nature, mastery over nature, or subjection to nature?
they appease the spirit of a stream by sacrificing a chicken to it
subjection to nature
Does this describe the view of human-nature as harmony with nature, mastery over nature, or subjection to nature?
they respect nature and work with it for personal gain
harmony with nature
Does this describe the view of human-nature as harmony with nature, mastery over nature, or subjection to nature?
they sow the clouds with cchemicals to try to make it rain
mastery over nature
Does this describe the view of human-nature as harmony with nature, mastery over nature, or subjection to nature?
because they fear natural forces, their shepherds make no attempt to protect their flocks from storms
subjection to nature
State 2 examples that indicate people tend to think their time orientation is right and other’s is wrong.
Americans think the French waste time in their manner of eating.
The French think the American manner of eating shows lack of cultural values.
Describe 3 ways of perceiving the movement of time.
linear, circular, stationary
Does this condition of culture describe the future, past, or present time orientation?
most houses are made of rapidly deteriorating materials
present
Does this condition of culture describe the future, past, or present time orientation?
many monuments of stone and steel commemorate a long, important history
past
Does this condition of culture describe the future, past, or present time orientation?
an aggressive economic system has been developed that enables it to make industrial progress
future
Does this condition of culture describe the future, past, or present time orientation?
most people are illiterate, and there is an uncertain economic outlook
present
Does this condition of culture describe the future, past, or present time orientation?
ancient literature influences present events and decisions
past
state 2 perceptions of time flow that influence the interpretation of eschatological Scripture.
linear and circular
State the types of cultures that place a higher value on being than on doing today.
folk cultures in the developing world and in Asia
The tendency to judge a person by his performance began in…
1
Canada
2
the Philippines
3
Europe
4
America
3
Explain the relationship between being and doing implied in Christ’s words “abide in me… for apart from me you can do nothing.”
being is a prerequisite to doing.
(being that which is acceptable to God is necessary to doing that which is acceptable to Him)
Communal thinking causes people in a society to care…
1
less about each other than does individualistic thinking
2
more about each other than does individualistic thinking
3
as much about each other as does individualistic thinking
4
either too little or too much about each other
2
State the difference between kinship and individualistic societies’ definition of “brother” as it relates to Christ’s concept of the family.
Kinship societies define “brother” much closer to Christ’s concept of the family than do individualistic societies.
Describe how the attitude that “change is sometimes desirable and at other times undesirable” relates to rapid change.
This attitude allows slow change but resists rapid change that attacks old values it holds essential.
This definition of progress matches which attitude towards change: change is undesirable, change is both desirable and undesirable, or change is desirable?
progress is change for the sake of change
change is desirable
This definition of progress matches which attitude towards change: change is undesirable, change is both desirable and undesirable, or change is desirable?
progress threatens the survival of what exists
change is undesirable
This definition of progress matches which attitude towards change: change is undesirable, change is both desirable and undesirable, or change is desirable?
progress is slow change that keeps tradition
change is both desirable and undesirable
