Lesson 8

Question 1

“cognitive processes” meaning

Answer 1

different ways people think

Question 2

“psychical” definition

Answer 2

of or having to do with intuition, which is immediate perception or understanding of truth or facts without reasoning

Question 3

2 kinds of knowledge in Hindu thinking:

Answer 3

higher or perfect knowledge (intuitional, psychical)
inferior knowledge (math, science, theology)

Question 4

The mind, according to Hinduism, is….

Answer 4

Brahman

Question 5

State the term in Indian thinking for Ultimate Reality

Answer 5

Brahman

Question 6

Which of these identifies a characteristic of Indian intuitional thinking?

a) a stress on the universal
b) preference for the positive.
c) a maximizing of particulars.
d) an emphasis on unity of all things
e) the static quality of universality
f) objective comprehension of personality.
g) supremacy of universal self over particular self
h) a subservience to universals
i) an alienation from the subjective spiritual world
j) outward looking
k) metaphysical
l) intolerant

Answer 6

a, d, e, g, h, k

Question 7

State the reason intuition does not need to be proven by the intellect.

Answer 7

because it knows without such proof

Question 8

State how carrying out Paul’s admonition “do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of you mind” relates to the communication of Christ to intuitionalists.

Answer 8

It will help communicate Christ to them.

Question 9

List the 3 things Christian witnesses are to do to communicate Christ effectively to Indian intuitionalists.

Answer 9

(1) they must become more a product of Christ and less a product of their own culture.
(2) they must give special attention to those aspects of Christian truth that speak most pointedly to Indian misunderstanding
(3) They must emphasize those approaches and methods that are familiar to the Hindu.

Question 10

2 things that need to be avoided when trying to communicate Christ to Indian intuitionalists.

Answer 10

overintellectualizing and oversimplification

Question 11

4 factors in becoming more like Christ when communicating to Indian intuitionalists.

Answer 11

avoid overintellectualizing, avoid oversimplification, communicate a sense of the mystery and awe of God, trust the illumination of the Holy Spirit

Question 12

Match the task below with what it will help to accomplish for Indian intuitionalists.

believe in the supernatural power of God to illuminate

Answer 12

help to trust in and be led by the Holy Spirit

Question 13

Match the task below with what it will help to accomplish for Indian intuitionalists.

Speak to the Indian’s sense of hopelessness and futility

Answer 13

communicate an invitation to accept the One whose yoke is easy

Question 14

Match the task below with what it will help to accomplish for Indian intuitionalists.

Feel reverence and awe in the sense of the mystery of knowing God

Answer 14

communicate a sense of awe when approaching God

Question 15

Match the task below with what it will help to accomplish for Indian intuitionalists.

let the Indian mind savor to the full the insight of the Master Teacher

Answer 15

show Christ in history

Question 16

Match the task below with what it will help to accomplish for Indian intuitionalists.

Present the sacred canon of the Bible in sharp contrast to Hindu writings

Answer 16

emphasize the risk of self-deception in intuited experience

Question 17

Match the task below with what it will help to accomplish for Indian intuitionalists.

create situations where talking out various sides of a question is possible

Answer 17

provide an opportunity to participate in dialogue

Question 18

Match the task below with what it will help to accomplish for Indian intuitionalists.

employ a recognized teacher of Christianity to instruct Indians in a place apart

Answer 18

help to receive Christ through the ashram model

Question 19

Instead of general propositions, principles, and theories, concrete relational thinkers talk about…. using …

Answer 19

talk about reality using word pictures and stories related to touchable, actual objects and everyday things

Question 20

State how Hesselgrave classifies the type of thinking the concrete relational thinker is “especially prone to rely on.”

Answer 20

nonverbal communication

Question 21

State 2 specific ways correspondence study material that appeals to the Western mentality can be made to appeal to the concrete relational mentality of tribal peoples.

Answer 21

1. by revising it to make it less abstract and theoretical
2. by adding to it drawings that tribal peoples understand

Question 22

State how religious teachings and philosophies that have been so much a part of Chinese history relate to Chinese concrete relational thinking.

Answer 22

They complicate such thinking in China, making it more complex than the thinking of tribal peoples.

Question 23

The Chinese concrete approach to reality brings about….

1
rational apprehension
2
intuitional apprehension
3
theoretical apprehension
4
scientific apprehension

Answer 23

2

Question 24

2 reasons why Western missionaries do not find it difficult to understand concrete relational thinking

Answer 24

1. because of their frequent contact with it in their own culture
2. because of their frequent contact with it in biblical culture

Question 25

3 steps for better communication of Christ to concrete relationalists.

Answer 25

(1) consider what biblical Christianity says to the Western missionary.
(2) Allow biblical Christianity to correct the misunderstandings that are caused by overemphasis of concrete relational thinking
(3) make full use of legitimate visual forms and the various techniques of storytelling, drama and ritual

Question 26

4 kinds of indirect communication in the Bible that help truth to be understood in concrete terms

Answer 26

types, parables, symbolic acts, interpretation of dreams and visions, rituals, aphorisms

Question 27

Select each TRUE statement.

(a) Parables tend to drop a veil around truth.
(b) Parables can never reveal truth.
(c) Proverbs and figures of speech in the Bible do not stand alone.
(d) Concrete relational thinking usually counteracts idolatry.

Answer 27

a, c

Question 28

The forms of communication recommended as effective tools for communicating the gospel to Chinese, Japanese, tribal peoples, and other concrete relational thinkers are…

Answer 28

dramatic forms

Question 29

Explain how the W African story of Death and the cow can help us understand and obey the lesson in Luke 9:57-60 on the cost of following Jesus.

Answer 29

It teaches us to raise our eyes in faith to the higher priority of God’s kingdom. It also helps us look beyond the value systems our culture has taught us to appreciate