Contextualization Essays

  • Changing Face of World Missions

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    In Matthew 28:19-20, Matthew records Jesus’ last words to His disciples these verses have become known as “The Great Commission.”Since, the giving of the Great Commission followers of Christ has left their own culture in order to engage another with the saving message of the Gospel. Numerous books, articles and blogs have been written on the subject of World Evangelization or Missions. One such book on missions is called, “The Changing Face of World Missions: Engaging Contemporary Issues and Trends”

  • Religion And Contextualization

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    Ultimately, this is the question of contextualization. Contextualization involves striving to present the gospel in a culturally pertinent manner. Before moving further, a key distinction needs to be made between contextualization solely based on methods, versus contextualization of the gospel message itself. Contextualization of methods finds the source of contextualization in the activities of the Church. Although there are appropriate occasions when this

  • Contextualization Reflection Paper

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    The concept of contextualization was a new concept introduce to me in this class. There seems to be a stigma in the Western church about contextualization. When it was first explained to me, I felt like we were somehow distorting the bible. There were defiantly parts of me that were apprehensive for the first part of the lecture contextualization was introduced. The truth is contextualization in not only okay, it is found in scripture itself. Seeing that

  • African American Women Contextualization

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    What is contextualization? “Generally, to contextualize an idea, statement or event is to place it within its larger setting in which it acquires its true and complete meaning.” ("What is contextualization?") So contextualized counseling deals with the ideas, statement, and events surrounding counseling within the environment where it is relegated. This particular article examines factors related to the utilization of guiding counseling services by African American women. Differential acknowledgment

  • Common Good And Christian Ethics: An Analysis Of Christian Ethics

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    Additive This analysis of Christian ethics mirrors my worldview and reinforces what was learned from my supplemental readings and core assignments. Contextualization This excerpt conforms to my worldview that the essence of Christianity is based on how an individual responds to others who are in need of both physical and spiritual help. As I continue to develop and grow in Christ, I will apply this principle throughout my lifelong journey of helping others and teaching the Gospel. Hollenbach,

  • The Theology of Indigenization

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    INDIGENIZATION Introduction The mission of Christ on earth was to reconcile all people to God. The church continues this mission: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations”(Mk-16: 15). Christ entrusted this mission to His church and it is a universal mission. It assumes that the gospel must be taken to all people on earth irrespective of color, race and culture. Thus the church is multicultural. She should feel at home and accept the culture of any place or nation where she finds herself.

  • Cultural Awareness Definition

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    the way it was. Looking long term career wise I would love to be able to work for a larger company and be able to work internationally with other companies and be able to travel to learn more about other cultures. Reflecting on my score for contextualization I would also agree with the scoring as the only international traveling I have done is for leisure and vacation. I was able to go on different excursions to learn more about the islands and cultures I have visited, but not as far in depth that

  • Haney Lopez The Construction Of Race

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    carry out or abide with the law can also be characterized as individuals who maintain the growth of our race today. All of these processes create, declare and enforce the legal construction of race, according to Haney Lopez. Sociohistorical Contextualization: Haney Lopez argues that race has become a social establishment; instead of legal institutions trying to make sense of racial oppression they are constructing the social systems. Haney Lopez

  • Analysis Of The Modified Suggestopedia Classroom

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    This version was established based on which one of the features of K-12 Curriculum localization and contextualization. Localization and contextualization is also embedded in the Dep Ed mission on culture-based basic education and in local planning of the development of educational policies and programs as mandated Article XIV, Section 5 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. The

  • Argumentative Essay On Code Switching

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    Conversational Use of Code-Switching Introduction Most of us adjust the way we speak for the person or people we’re speaking to. This can be as subtle as speaking slowly for a child, or as obvious as switching to another language entirely. Depending on our situation or surroundings, we may change the way we express ourselves. The term for this is code-switching. Code switching is the practice of shifting between different languages or different ways of speaking or expressing yourself in a conversation

  • Aeneid Vs China Prompt

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    Identifying the Question The prompt places limitations of the time period and region of cultures. In the prompt, it specifies religion and religious ideology before 600 CE. Therefore, the writer must stay inside of a certain time period to correctly analyze the prompt. In addition, the prompt places limitations on civilizations. Throughout the world, there were many cultures integrated with religion, but the prompt asks the writer to only address such in the Roman and Chinese cultures. However

  • The 1920's: A Christianity Study

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    The influence of missionaries and Christian groups on Nee’s ecclesiology cannot be ignored. Some of them have been credited in developing an indigenous model of contextualization of Christianity in China. Lam Wing-hung asserted that the Local Church, founded by Nee, has played a vital role in the Chinese church’s history of contextualization movement: The 1920s were a unique period in the history of Chinese Christianity when there were a host of experiments to indigenize the Christian faith. A series

  • The Importance Of Cultural Theory And Popular Culture

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    The projects associated with cultural studies endeavored to make sense of the specific condition of Britain after the second world war, in terms of new forms of mass culture as the locus for the cultivation of forms of individual identity and in light of the restructuring of British social democracy and the dissipation of left politics. Sometime in the late eighties and early nineties, intellectual common sense in the US came to reflect a consensus that everything was political. Voices

  • Paratextual Features and Functions: Mapping Amorphis Tales from the Thousand Lakes

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    to different historical contexts within Finnish culture. In conclusion, I will borrow some of Birke and Christ’s characteristics to approach an individual-focused perspective and propose three paratextual functions: perception, reception and contextualization. Key terms: distant reading, paratextual functions, heavy music, Kalevala, album booklets, track lists With the advance of technology in the contemporary world, the field of literary research is also facing the renovation of many of its theoretical

  • Fairhaven Beach House Case Study

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    Melbourne (Process - Collaboration). The firm is known for contextualizing its projects within the surrounding and implementing a feel for nature. Exaggeration has also been criticism of JWA and will be examined in this discussion. With the foci of contextualization and nature, it is meaningful

  • Discipleship: The Process Of Discipleshhip

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    The Leader as Mentor Discipleship is the process of making disciples; students or followers of someone (Oxford Dictionaries, 2016). Although discipleship existed long before Jesus, the disciple-making process as expressed by Jesus is the most impactful example for Christianity. The following is an analysis of discipleship as it was applied to Jesus’ ministry, Jesus’ discipleship model in light of modern leadership theories, and a discussion of what can be gleaned from Jesus’ discipleship model.

  • Applied Anthropology In Anthropology

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    their tics, vocal and motor, in public and to see how social and cultural experiences effect this neurological disorder. Throughout his research, he combined the strategies people used into three categories, displacement, misattribution, and contextualization (Buckser pp.174). People who used displacement to hide their tics usually left the public area they were in to be alone and let all their tics out at once so they were not as tempted to tic in public. Buckser had interviewed one woman who would

  • Klu Klux Klan Summary

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    The progressive era in the Unites states lends itself well to the study of women interactions to politics considered alongside the rise of radical right-wing organizations. The most promote organization was the Klu Klux Klan and the new formed women's branch. I started research on this topic by reviewing reference works, then refining the topic's broader idea through articles and books. The research allows for the understanding of the topic to create a question about woman's interactions to politics

  • Slavery Dbq Analysis

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    the king. Both are a way to gain wealth for the king. The development over slavery grew slowly between 1607 and 1750. The main causes of an increased amount of slavery is because of indentured servants, cash crops, and religion. A point of contextualization is that Jamestown was formed in 1607, originally they were sent to look for gold, but couldn’t find any. Between 1607 and 1610, there was starving time, by the end of it there was very few colonists left so they decided to leave. They were eventually

  • The Digital Parent Trap Summary

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    paragraph 1, Dockterman begins the article by providing statistics, “this generation of American kids (ages 3 to 18) is the tech-savviest in history: 27% of them use tablets, 43% use smartphones, and 52% use laptops.” The statistics allow for contextualization in regards to youth usage of technology; the evidence sets the commonality of technology for youth. The statistic is eye-opening; readers become aware of how much youth really use technology. The statistic proves that, in the status quo, most