Restored to Freedom from Fear, Guilt, and Shame (SEANET 13)

Table of Contents

Contents
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