Understanding and Embracing Different Cultures: The Attitude Spectrum
Explore the attitudes towards other cultures on a spectrum from ignoring and rejecting to tolerating, understanding, and ultimately embracing. Learn key words like ethnocentrism, assimilation, and syncretism. Discover how to deal with cultural practices conflicting with biblical principles and access related PowerPoint presentations. Embrace diversity and integration for a more enriched global perspective.
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Viewing Other Cultures: The Attitude Spectrum Howard Culbertson Southern Nazarene University
Attitudes toward other cultures The Continuum Ignore Reject Tolerate Understand Embrace
Words to Keep in Mind Ethnocentrism Assimilation / acculturation Syncretism / contextualization
Ignore Active or passive denial: It may exist, but I don t want to hear about it. Disdain or disregard for anything different Example: American GI s who never leave military bases in foreign country
Reject Thinks in stereotypes Feelings of repulsion Rebuff and repel on contact Examples? Any overtures are spurned
Tolerate Adjectives used: Irrational, rude, ignorant How it s managed I can survive this. I don t like it, but I can bear it. It s awful, but I will stomach it.
Understand Accept Appreciate Empathize with . . .
Embrace I love you for who you are. Welcome and even adopt Integration Incorporate
Question How do we deal with those things in a culture which we think go against biblical principles?
Attitudes toward other cultures The Continuum Ignore Reject Tolerate Understand Embrace
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