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

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Lesson Objectives Understanding Worldview

 Understand the concept of worldview Lesson Objectives Understanding Worldview

 Understand the concept of worldview  Understand one’s own cultural worldview Lesson Objectives Understanding Worldview

 Understand the concept of worldview  Understand one’s own cultural worldview  Identify elements of a biblical worldview Lesson Objectives Understanding 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 Objectives Understanding 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 Objectives Understanding Worldview

 Use analytic listening skills to try to decipher the worldview of non-Christian friends Lesson Objectives Understanding 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 Objectives Understanding 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