Lessons from the Buddhist World
SEANET proudly presents Restored to Freedom from Fear, Guilt, and Shame, volume 13 in its series on intercultural and inter-religious studies.
These three cultural orientations impact the shaping and expression of worldview. While all are present to a certain extent in every context, this volume draws from the expressions and insights found from within the Buddhist world.
Understanding orientations differing from our own helps us understand more of ourselves, part of the enrichment resulting in the process of encounter. We require the lens of the world in order to better recognize our own cultural blindness.
We use the word “restoration” believing that it is God’s purpose to restore all that was lost through fear, guilt, and shame back to the original status of power, honor, and innocence through reconciliation on all levels. This volume is for all who seek restoration to freedom for self and others.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction
Contributors
PART ONE
Understanding Fear, Guilt, and Shame Cultures
1. Beauty for Ashes: Culture, Conflict, and Reconciliation in a Buddhist Context
Mary Adams Trujillo
2. Three Distinct Cultural Views of Reality and Its Relation to Our Missional Calling
Steve Spaulding
3. “They Don’t Feel Guilty!?!”: Biblical Ethics and Morality in Honor-Shame Cultures
Jayson Georges
PART TWO
Communicating in Fear, Guilt, and Shame Cultures
4. Suitable Messages for Fear, Guilt, and Shame Buddhist Cultures
Alex G. Smith
5. Transformational Mission in Fear Cultures in the Buddhist World and Beyond
David S. Lim
6. How to Communicate the Gospel in a Shame Culture: Some Thoughts on the Skill of Japanese “Noh”
Timothy Hwang Taeyun
7. Christian Observation of Buddhist Fear Expressed in a Devil Dancing Ceremony
G. P. V. Somaratna
PART THREE
Restoring to Freedom from Fear, Guilt, and Shame
8. Reconciliation Through Purification Rituals in Communal Cultures
Cristian Dumitrescu
9. A Church Restored from Sin, Shame, and Fear in a Tibetan Context
Christian Gabre
10. Seeking Social Reconciliation for India’s Dalits Through Buddhism
Sunil Sardar
11. Reconciling to Self, Others, and God?: The Gospel Responding to Fear, Guilt, and Shame in Thailand
Daniëlle Koning
Circa l’autore
Paul H. De Neui is an ordained minister with the Evangelical Covenant Church. He and his wife served as missionaries with church planting and community development organizations in northeast Thailand from 1987–2005. He completed his Ph D in Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. Paul has been involved in SEANET for many years, dedicated to seeing the writings of emerging non-Western and other practitioners in print for the benefit of the global church. Presently he is the professor of missiology and intercultural studies and the director of the Center for World Christian Studies at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL.
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