Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally Lesson 6 Clergy Development Church of the Nazarene Worthy of the Calling Kansas City, Missouri.

Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally

Lesson 6Clergy Development

Church of the NazareneWorthy of the Calling

Kansas City, Missouri

Listen at your own pace Work when and where you want Keep up with your schedule

Do your own work Each week

Listen to the lectures Respond to the questions/discussions Comment on at least one other student’s

response

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Post your answers/discussions as a comment to the lecture

Respond to other students as a reply to their comment

Keep discussions/comments to about 300 words as a target length

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Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview

Understand the concept of worldview

Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview

Understand the concept of worldview Understand one’s own cultural worldview

Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview

Understand the concept of worldview Understand one’s own cultural worldview Identify elements of a biblical worldview

Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview

Understand the concept of worldview Understand one’s own cultural worldview Identify elements of a biblical worldview Be confident of how one perceives a biblical

worldview and be prepared to explain major elements of it

Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview

Understand the concept of worldview Understand one’s own cultural worldview Identify elements of a biblical worldview Be confident of how one perceives a biblical worldview

and be prepared to explain major elements of it Know where one’s own biblical worldview clashes with

his or her cultural worldview – identify the elements where the most significant clashes occur

Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview

Use analytic listening skills to try to decipher the worldview of non-Christian friends

Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview

Use analytic listening skills to try to decipher the worldview of non-Christian friends

Be a person whose biblical worldview instructs, governs, and corrects tendencies to adopt alternate worldviews

Lesson ObjectivesUnderstanding Worldview

It comprises the systematic ways in which we perceive the world

Worldview Definitions

It comprises the systematic ways in which we perceive the world

It is a body of assumptions that deal with the nature of reality, the organization of the universe, the ends and purposes of human life values, norms, and differentiation between good and evil, right and wrong

Worldview Definitions

It comprises the systematic ways in which we perceive the world

It is a body of assumptions that deal with the nature of reality, the organization of the universe, the ends and purposes of human life values, norms, and differentiation between good and evil, right and wrong

It is a person’s total response to the universe

Worldview Definitions

It comprises the systematic ways in which we perceive the world

It is a body of assumptions that deal with the nature of reality, the organization of the universe, the ends and purposes of human life values, norms, and differentiation between good and evil, right and wrong

It is a person’s total response to the universe It is the collection of implicit beliefs that drive a person’s

behavior

Worldview Definitions

Dominant Worldviews

Naturalist Worldview: There is no supernatural

Dominant Worldviews

Naturalist Worldview: There is no supernatural

Tribal Worldview: The world is filled with spirits both good and bad

Dominant Worldviews

Naturalist Worldview: There is no supernatural

Tribal Worldview: The world is filled with spirits both good and bad

Hindu-Buddha Worldview: Life is cyclical, based on the natural life

Dominant Worldviews

Naturalist Worldview: There is no supernatural Tribal Worldview: The world is filled with spirits

both good and bad Hindu-Buddha Worldview: Life is cyclical,

based on the natural life Chinese Worldview: Based on ordered and

accountable relationships and duty

Dominant Worldviews

Monotheistic Worldview: Humans are accountable to a single, ultimate God

Dominant Worldviews

Monotheistic Worldview: Humans are accountable to a single, ultimate God

Syncretistic Worldview: Combines two or more elements of the views just considered

Dominant Worldviews

Monotheistic Worldview: Humans are accountable to a single, ultimate God

Syncretistic Worldview: Combines two or more elements of the views just considered

Multireligious Worldview: May be either the compartmentalization of religious beliefs or the unifying of them

Dominant Worldviews

Monotheistic Worldview: Humans are accountable to a single, ultimate God

Syncretistic Worldview: Combines two or more elements of the views just considered

Multireligious Worldview: May be either the compartmentalization of religious beliefs or the unifying of them

Atheistic Worldview: Rejects any perspective of the supernatural

Dominant Worldviews

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Central Control versus Free Enterprise

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Central Control versus Free Enterprise Group Loyalty versus Private Rights

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Central Control versus Free Enterprise Group Loyalty versus Private Rights Cooperation versus Competition

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Central Control versus Free Enterprise Group Loyalty versus Private Rights Cooperation versus Competition Humans versus Nature

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Central Control versus Free Enterprise Group Loyalty versus Private Rights Cooperation versus Competition Humans versus Nature Informality versus Formality

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Central Control versus Free Enterprise Group Loyalty versus Private Rights Cooperation versus Competition Humans versus Nature Informality versus Formality Private Ownership versus Public Sharing

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Changelessness versus Progress

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Changelessness versus Progress Work versus Play

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Changelessness versus Progress Work versus Play Time versus Space

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Changelessness versus Progress Work versus Play Time versus Space Self-reliance versus Group-reliance

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Changelessness versus Progress Work versus Play Time versus Space Self-reliance versus Group-reliance Illusory World versus a Real and Rational World

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Changelessness versus Progress Work versus Play Time versus Space Self-reliance versus Group-reliance Illusory World versus a Real and Rational World Sight versus Use of Other Senses

Worldviews One Extreme to Another

Six Testable Cultural Polarities

Time versus Event Orientation

Six Testable Cultural Polarities

Time versus Event Orientation Dichotomistic versus Holistic Thinking

Six Testable Cultural Polarities

Time versus Event Orientation Dichotomistic versus Holistic Thinking Noncrisis versus Crisis Orientation

Six Testable Cultural Polarities

Time versus Event Orientation Dichotomistic versus Holistic Thinking Noncrisis versus Crisis Orientation Task versus Person Orientation

Six Testable Cultural Polarities

Time versus Event Orientation Dichotomistic versus Holistic Thinking Noncrisis versus Crisis Orientation Task versus Person Orientation Status versus Achievement Focus

Six Testable Cultural Polarities

Time versus Event Orientation Dichotomistic versus Holistic Thinking Noncrisis versus Crisis Orientation Task versus Person Orientation Status versus Achievement Focus Concealment of Vulnerability versus Willingness to

Expose Vulnerability

Six Testable Cultural Polarities

Remember, NEW comment for your answers; REPLY to at least one of your classmates’ comments

Discussion topics:1) Complete the Model of Basic Values Questionnaire on page 87 of

the student guide. Then complete the analyses on pages 96 and 97. What did you discover about yourself?

2) The Roman Catholic Church lists the seven cardinal sins as greed, gluttony, lust, sloth (laziness), anger, envy, and pride. Rank them on the basis of the worldview of your culture, from the most grievous to the least. How would scripture rank them? Why?

Remember your report on your cultural event is due for next lesson.

Don’t forget to journal!

Lesson 6 Homework