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Lesson 6 Flashcards

1
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How do the values held by a given people relate to their worldview?

A

The values are both the determiners of their worldview and the result of their worldview

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Values Orientation Chart:

What are the 6 values?

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human condition
humanity-nature
time
activity
relational
progress

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Values Orientation Chart:
the 3 variations for Human Condition?

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  • Evil (mutable and immutable)
  • mixture of Good and Evil (mutable and immutable)
  • Good (mutable and immutable)
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Value Orientation Chart:

What are the 3 variations for Humanity-Nature?

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  • subjection to nature
  • harmony with nature
  • mastery over nature
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Value Orientation Chart:

What are the 3 variations for Time?

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  • past
  • present
  • future
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Value Orientation Chart:

What are the 3 variations for Activity?

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  • being
  • being-in-becoming
    -doing
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Value Orientation Chart:

What are the 3 variations for Relational?

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  • lineality
  • collaterality
  • individualism
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Value Orientation Chart:

What are the 3 variations for Progress?

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  • change is undesirable
  • change is sometimes good and sometimes bad
  • change is desirable
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9
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Explain how cultures, in relation to human values, are alike and how they are different

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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.

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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.

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why does humankind need a savior?

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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.

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The society that believes the human condition can be changed will manifest less resistance to the gospel.

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12
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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

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1, 2, 3

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State how the possession of advanced technology affects a people’s idea of the concept of “sacred”

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advanced technology generally hinders development of the idea of the sacred

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14
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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

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mastery over nature

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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

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subjection to nature

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16
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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

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harmony with nature

17
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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

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mastery over nature

18
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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

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subjection to nature

19
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State 2 examples that indicate people tend to think their time orientation is right and other’s is wrong.

A

Americans think the French waste time in their manner of eating.
The French think the American manner of eating shows lack of cultural values.

20
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Describe 3 ways of perceiving the movement of time.

A

linear, circular, stationary

21
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Does this condition of culture describe the future, past, or present time orientation?

most houses are made of rapidly deteriorating materials

A

present

22
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Does this condition of culture describe the future, past, or present time orientation?

many monuments of stone and steel commemorate a long, important history

A

past

23
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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

A

future

24
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Does this condition of culture describe the future, past, or present time orientation?

most people are illiterate, and there is an uncertain economic outlook

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present

25
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Does this condition of culture describe the future, past, or present time orientation?

ancient literature influences present events and decisions

A

past

26
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state 2 perceptions of time flow that influence the interpretation of eschatological Scripture.

A

linear and circular

27
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State the types of cultures that place a higher value on being than on doing today.

A

folk cultures in the developing world and in Asia

28
Q

The tendency to judge a person by his performance began in…

1
Canada
2
the Philippines
3
Europe
4
America

A

3

29
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Explain the relationship between being and doing implied in Christ’s words “abide in me… for apart from me you can do nothing.”

A

being is a prerequisite to doing.
(being that which is acceptable to God is necessary to doing that which is acceptable to Him)

30
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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

A

2

31
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State the difference between kinship and individualistic societies’ definition of “brother” as it relates to Christ’s concept of the family.

A

Kinship societies define “brother” much closer to Christ’s concept of the family than do individualistic societies.

32
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Describe how the attitude that “change is sometimes desirable and at other times undesirable” relates to rapid change.

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This attitude allows slow change but resists rapid change that attacks old values it holds essential.

33
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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

A

change is desirable

34
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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

A

change is undesirable

35
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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

A

change is both desirable and undesirable

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Cross-Cultural Comm (15 decks)

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