Lesson 3

Question 1

“cultural element”

Answer 1

a greater realization of the importance of culture in communicating Christ

Question 2

What causes missionaries to forget that cultural barriers are the most formidable barriers to cross-cultural communication?

Answer 2

technological advances that allow them to cross geographical barriers with ease and increasing frequencey

Question 3

Circle each TRUE statement. Before going to the mission field, missionaries have been preoccupied with the message of Christ because…

1
by believing it, they were saved
2
by studying it, they have been strengthened
3
they have a desire to relive the salvation experience
4
they want to preach it to those who have not heard it

Answer 3

1, 2, 4

Question 4

Explain how Hesselgrave relates study and knowledge to preaching the message of Christ to those who have not heard it

Answer 4

to preach Christ effectively, you must not only study the language but also know the culture of the audience to understand the meaning the audience attaches to their words and messages

Question 5

Hesselgrave states that nurture has…

1
more to do with cultural isolation than nature
2
as much to do with cultural isolation as nature
3
less to do with cultural isolation than nature
4
nothing to do with cultural isolation

Answer 5

1

Question 6

2 ways in which Oliver advocates we study the rhetorical process

Answer 6

in terms of what and how people think

Question 7

3 characteristics of rhetoric from societies whose speech has been influenced by ancient Greece and Rome that are not appreciated by Asian cultures

Answer 7

directness, lack of subtlety, immediate decision

Question 8

3 basic points of reference in the process of communication

Answer 8

speaker, speech, audience

Question 9

3 culture model of missionary communication - what are the 3 cultures

Answer 9

Bible culture, the missionary’s culture, the respondent’s culture

Question 10

a most critical point of the Hesselgrave text

Answer 10

the missionary’s own fan of perception (culture) harmfully influences hi interpretation of both the Bible culture and the respondent’s culture

Question 11

3 cultures that are involved each time a cross-cultural missionary communication is attempted

Answer 11

Bible culture, missionary’s culture, respondent’s culture

Question 12

the 3 culture model of missionary communication indicates that the missionary looks in ____ direction(s).

Answer 12

2

Question 13

another important aspect of communication

Answer 13

to raise up effective sources of the Christian message from within the respondent culture who will communicate Christ to still other respondent cultures

Question 14

4 characteristics of culture

Answer 14

learned, a shared system, an integrated whole, constantly changing

Question 15

3 categories/types of culture

Answer 15

technological (artifacts & activities to manipulate material world)

sociological (patterns of relationship and behavior)

ideological (knowledge, beliefs, worldview, values)

Question 16

amazing quote on culture

Answer 16

Cultures are but different answers to essentially the same human problems.

Question 17

Circle each TRUE statement.

1
Missionaries do not need to work out the implications of their conclusions about the relationship between Christ and culture.
2
missionaries need a biblical view of both Christ and culture
3
Some cultures have no elements of divine order
4
every culture has elements of satanic rebellion
5
all cultures have a potential for revealing God’s truth

Answer 17

2, 4, 5

Question 18

state the theological view of the relationship between Christ and culture that is described:

the believer lives with the tension of obeying the authority of Christ and the authority of culture

Answer 18

Christ and culture in paradox

Question 19

state the theological view of the relationship between Christ and culture that is described:

Christ is the only authority, and culture is to be rejected

Answer 19

Christ against culture

Question 20

state the theological view of the relationship between Christ and culture that is described:

Christianity differs from culture only in quality, and the best culture should be selected to conform to Christ

Answer 20

the Christ of culture

Question 21

state the theological view of the relationship between Christ and culture that is described:

In Christ humanity is redeemed and culture can be renewed to glorify God.

Answer 21

Christ the transformer of culture

Question 22

state the theological view of the relationship between Christ and culture that is described:

the grace of God perfects and completes culture

Answer 22

Christ above culture

Question 23

The missionary cannot stay on a spiritual level that is above culture because communication is…

1
entirely cultural
2
almost entirely cultural
3
inextricable from culture
4
almost inseparable from culture

Answer 23

3

Question 24

use the concept supracultural to imply tension between Christ and culture

Answer 24

although Christianity is supracultural in its origin and truth, it is cultural in its application

Question 25

brief definition of contextualization

Answer 25

a PROCESS of making a MESSAGE MEANINGFUL in a new CULTURE. To do this, a culture must be REBUILD, or restated, inside the new culture in a manner that is both faithful to the original INTENT of its source and understandable to the respondents in the new environment

Question 26

Every culture has...

Answer 26

elements of divine order AND satanic rebellion; potential for the revelation of God's truth AND for its concealment or mutilation

Question 27

all culture needs transformation in _____ if not in content

Answer 27

motivation

Question 28

God has ordained culture but does not ____ man's cultures.

Answer 28

order

Question 29

what does it mean to have a high view of the Bible and a high view of culture?

Answer 29

high view of the Bible - it is authoritative and demands faith and obedience to all of it high view of culture - each culture is reasonable (not necessarily right) given the specific circumstances in which it has developed

Question 30

definition of cultural relativism

Answer 30

an observer should be careful to evaluate a culture first in terms of its own values, goals, and focuses before venturing to compare it (either positively or negatively) with any other culture

Question 31

definition of ethnography

Answer 31

a method of describing a culture or situation within a culture from the emic or native's point of viewe

Question 32

emic perspective v etic perspective

Answer 32

emic - analyzed by an insider etic - analyzed by an outsider

Question 33

Describe the missionary approach that attempts to merge the world's major religions at the expense of essential Christian doctrine

Answer 33

a case of the blind leading the blind

Question 34

"Self-exposure will be of utmost importance for the missionary... Values are best taught in the drama of life, not in preaching." This statement asserts that self-exposure is the solution to.... 1 many cultural problems 2 many communication problems 3 being all things to all men 4 all cultural and communication problems

Answer 34

2

Question 35

State how and why Paul communicated Christ to all cultures with which he had contact

Answer 35

"I have become all things to all men, that by all means I might save some. This goes beyond meaningful words to include meaningful nonverbal gestures and tone. (identifying with his audience)

Question 36

3 identifications a missionary needs for communicating Christ cross-culturally

Answer 36

study of Bible culture (knowing God) study of missionary's own culture (knowing self) study of the respondent's culture (knowing audience)

Question 37

"macro-culture" v "micro-culture"

Answer 37

Macro-culture: the large groupings in which people identify with one another (i.e. giving allegiance to same flag or gov or speaking same language) Micro-culture: the various subcultural distinctions within these larger groupings (differences within people living in same neighborhood even)

Question 38

What's the cross-cultural communication process that matches? Ways of channeling the message

Answer 38

media influence

Question 39

What's the cross-cultural communication process that matches? ways of interacting

Answer 39

social structures

Question 40

What's the cross-cultural communication process that matches? ways of deciding

Answer 40

motivational resources

Question 41

What's the cross-cultural communication process that matches? ways of expressing ideas

Answer 41

linguistic forms

Question 42

What's the cross-cultural communication process that matches? ways of perceiving the world

Answer 42

worldviews

Question 43

What's the cross-cultural communication process that matches? ways of thinking

Answer 43

cognitive processes

Question 44

What's the cross-cultural communication process that matches? ways of acting

Answer 44

behavioral patterns

Question 45

Missionaries are Christian ____.

Answer 45

persuaders

Question 46

Circle each TRUE statement. A direct or indirect cause of poor timing on the part of the missionary-evangelist is that... 1 many decisions are not for Christ 2 many respondents accept something other than salvation 3 some respondents accept clothing as reward for their responding

Answer 46

1, 2

Question 47

Match the description with the type of audience response. respondent chooses appealing parts of message and adds them to non-Christian religions

Answer 47

syncretistic incorporation

Question 48

Match the description with the type of audience response. Respondent reinterprets message in the decoding process

Answer 48

situational reformulation

Question 49

Match the description with the type of audience response. respondent must understand the message

Answer 49

sincere acceptance OR straightforward rejection

Question 50

Match the description with the type of audience response. respondent rejects message but allows a subordinate to accept it

Answer 50

symbiotic resignation

Question 51

Match the description with the type of audience response. respondent postpones decision to accept Christ

Answer 51

studied protraction

Question 52

3 encouragements to study cross-cultural communication

Answer 52

1 Cultures do have some similarities to each other. 2 most people have great potential for adjusting to other cultures 3 Holy Spirit illuminates truth and convicts of sin