clash of cultures or ignorance of cultures?
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Palestinians dress donkey with a Jewish holy Talith
The Face of Muhammed - The
controversial cartoons of
Muhammad, first published in
Jyllands-Posten in September 2005.
Moslem Cultural Values:
No Representationof
Allahand
Muhammed
Western CulturalValues:
Freedom ofSpeech
“Frequently, when someone violates a key cultural value, he or she may not even be
aware of the violation.”
“Even genuinely small cultural mistakes can have enormous consequences.”
Culture …ENCOMPASSES ALL THAT WE create, learn to do, use, know, and believe…
Elements of Culture
Language (verbaland nonverbal) Religion
Values andAttitudes
Material Elements
Manners andCustoms
AestheticsEducationSocial Institutions
Humans and all creatures, have basic biological needs
Animals meet these needs through
instinct Humans meet these needs through
culture
Different cultures meet these needs in different ways.
The result: many different cultures
Self-supporting Little Geese Our Helpless little Son
Etiquette in Vorarlberg, Austria.
Eating habits•Asia - chop sticks•Europe – knife and fork
Russia, France
= zero
USA and U.K.
= A-OK
Japan
= money
Greece, Turkey
= insult, sexualinvitation
Greece =
confrontation
Canada & USA
= stop
West Africa
= an insult
USA, Hook ’em horns!fans of the University of Texas Longhorns
Norway = symbol of Satanism
For many Italians it is the cornuto, signaling, “Your spouse is unfaithful.”
Hawaii = hang loose
Can you guess what the following
gesture from Japan means?
angry
Anger or hostility ¡Hola! ¿Qué pasa?
Can you guess what the followinggesture from Malaysia, Argentina, and Mexico
means?
USA = No. 1Ancient Rome = allowed to liveBangladesh = tauntingIran = obscenity
In Native American, many Asian, and some Hispanic cultures, looking down and avoiding direct
eye contact is a sign of respect.
•THE UNCOMFORTABLE, ANXIOUS OR DISGUSTING FEELING ONE CAN GET WHEN ENCOUNTERING SURROUNDINGS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT ONE IS USED TO EXPERIENCING
sundae (stuffed pig intestines)
CONSIDERING ONE’S OWN CULTURE AS SUPERIOR TO OTHERS
•JUDGING OTHER CULTURES BY THE STANDARDS OF ONE’S OWN CULTURE. Our culture is “right” and “normal”
The universal tendency for any culture to see its own values and practices as natural and correct.The universal tendency for any culture to see its own values and practices as natural and correct.
Condemnation of Culture.
Christians must require the people to separate from practices which are prohibited in Scripture:
idolatry, widow burning, foot-binding
Toleration of Culture.
Christians will teach against certain practices which violate Christian ideals, although temporarily tolerate them while waiting for the development of a more sensitive conscience on the part of the local people, such as scarification of the body (when done for ornamentation).
Conversion of Culture. Christians may retain certain local patterns and practices while giving them a new content, meaning or purpose--introducing functional substitutes in order to avoid creating a cultural vacuum in the lives of the believers and churches— using local songs and stories in worship. SDA vegetarian foods have mostly names of real meat
Adoption of Culture.
Many cultural patterns and practices are neutral, inoffensive or good and, consequently, are not in conflict with the Gospel.
Latin Family bonds Japanese self-effacement
Christians, should fully incorporate such cultural elements into the lifestyle of the local church.
Enrichment of Culture.
This refers to helpful additions from the Gospel. The Good News possesses values which enhance a culture with new meanings, purposes, and ideals:
husbands loving their wives, etc.
Christ asks us to love all men no matter how different they may be
Christ has commissioned us to proclaim the Gospel in all cultures
Communication of the Gospel is only possible if recipient understands it through their culture
Because we live in a multicultural society and our churches are multicultural
We live today in a global age with contacts around the world
{46} "For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? {47} "And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? (Matthew 5:46-47 NKJV)
The Apostle Paul said: “To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.” (1 Corinthians 9:22)
PATH OF IN
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PATH OF IN
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Selective Adoption
Appreciation/Valuing
Acceptance/Respect
UnderstandingAwareness
Ethnocentricity