Worldview for Christian Witness
Charles H. Kraft is professor emeritus of anthropology and intercultural communication at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he taught for many years in the School of Intercultural Studies (formerly the School of World Mission). His primary field experience was a pioneer missionary among the Kamwe people in northeastern Nigeria. He has taught and written widely on contextualization, culture, spiritual warfare, and inner healing.
- What exactly is a worldview?
- What are the characteristics of a worldview?
- How can knowledge of worldviews help cross-cultural workers?
The diversity of cultures can seem obvious, but to really understand the significance of those surface level differences, one needs to understand the deep level assumptions on which they are based.
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The whole purpose of the book is to help cross-cultural witnesses learn how to discover a people’s worldview, to understand it, and then present the gospel in such a way that it leads to deep worldview change. The concept of worldview and the need to address the worldview level with the gospel have now come into missiology without much question. However, applying the understanding is much harder, and that's why this book will help.
— Darrell Whiteman, Vice President of Mission Education, The Mission Society
Introduction
Part 1- The Perspective
1. Why Should Christians Study Worldview?
2. People, Worldview, and Change
3. Critical Realism
4. Current Approaches of Non-anthropologists
5. Other Approaches: Anthropological
6. Worldview, Religion, and Subsystems
Part 2- Characteristics of Worldviews
7. Functions of Worldview
8. Universals: Categorization, Person/Group
9. Worldview Universals: Relationship, Causality
10. Universals: Time/Event, Space/Material World
11. Worldview Orientations and Types
12. Worldview Configurations
13. Discovering Worldview
14. What Are We Taking to the World?
15. How Are Worldviews Changed?
Part 3- Worldview Change
16. Obstacles and Opportunities in Worldview Change: Person/Group
17. Obstacles and Opportunities in Worldview Change II: Categorization, Causality, Time, Space, Relationship
18. Patterns of Worldview Change
19. Strategies for Constructive Change
20. Reaching Peoples of Three Types
21. Wrapping Things Up
Appendix A: History of the Concept of Worldview in American Anthropology
Appendix B: Additional Worldvew Configurations
Appendix C: Additional Folklore for Discovering Worldview Myths
Bibliography
Index
Author
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Charles H. Kraft
Charles H. Kraft
Charles H. Kraft is professor emeritus of anthropology and intercultural communication at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he taught for many years in the School of Intercultural Studies (formerly the School of World Mission). His primary field experience was a pioneer missionary among the Kamwe people in northeastern Nigeria. He has taught and written widely on contextualization, culture, spiritual warfare, and inner healing.
- Pages: 610
- Publisher:
William Carey Publishing
William Carey Publishing
- Binding: Paperback
- Publish Year: 2008
- Vendor: William Carey Library
