3. Worldviews & Transformation
3.1 The Cultural River
Cross-Section of the Buffalo River
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Culture as a River
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Culture as a River
}Experiences

Social 

Structures

Society
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Practices, Rituals, Behaviors
Cultural Artifacts Cultural Artifacts
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Practices, Rituals, Behaviors
Values, Principles
Cultural Artifacts Cultural Artifacts
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Practices, Rituals, Behaviors
Values, Principles
Religious Beliefs
Philosophical Beliefs
Cultural Artifacts Cultural Artifacts
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Values, Principles
Religious Beliefs
Philosophical Beliefs
Worldviews
Cultural Artifacts Cultural Artifacts
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Worldviews
Cultural Artifacts
Sensory
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Sensory
Aware
Aware/Unaware
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Practices, Rituals, Behaviors
Values, Principles
Religious Beliefs
Philosophical Beliefs
Worldviews
Cultural Artifacts
Sensory
Aware
Aware/Unaware
Unaware
Nature of Worldview
• Worldview is fundamental and directs the cultural river

• Worldview is tacit and often not explicit

• Worldview shapes personal identity

• Worldview is often described as a story not proposition
Tacit and not Explicit
Described as a meta-narrative
Jewish Meta-narrative
Jewish Meta-Narrative
• God chose Abraham and his descendants

• God gave them the land & the Torah (Law)

• Israel broke the law and God scattered them

• God promised to send the Messiah & regather

• Until the Messiah comes Jews are a light unto the nations
What is the Christian Narrative?
Christian Worldview
• God created men & women in His image

• God put humans on earth with a purpose

• Humans rebelled, became separated, spiritually dead

• God promised to send a redeemer to restore humanity

• God sent Jesus to redeem humanity

• Gospel

• Jesus will return and accomplish
fi
nal redemption
3.2 Hiebert’s Characteristics of Worldview
How a worldview functions
• Answers ultimate questions

• Provides emotional security

• Rationalizes cultural norms

• Integrates external culture with our personal identity

• Explains why change happens

• Psychological assurance world is as we truly see it
Hiebert, 38-31
Mental Categories of a Worldviews
• Digital v. Analogical sets

• Intrinsic v. Relational sets
Hiebert, 38-31
Lines of Thinking
• Abstract logic (ex. beauty, taste, music, comfort)

• Algorithmic logic (ex. mathematical equations, proofs)

• Analogical logic (ex. temperature, weights, density)

• Topological logic (ex. systematic theology)

• Relational logic (ex. sister, brother, mother)

• Wisdom (ex. legal case history)

• Causality (ex. Spiritualism and healing)
Hiebert, 38-31
3.2 Frameworks to Describe Culture
6D Model of National Culture


Geert Hofstede
6 D of National Culture
Geert Hofstede
• Researched 70 countries between 1967 - 1973

• Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, 2010
https://hi.hofstede-insights.com/national-culture
6 D of National Culture
Geert Hofstede
1. Individualism v. Collectivism (IDV)

2. Masculinity v. Femininity (MAS)

3. Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI)

4. Long Term v. Short Term Orientation (LTO)

5. Indulgence v. Restraint (IVR)
https://hi.hofstede-insights.com/national-culture
Seven Dimensions of Organizational Culture


Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner
Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner
• Surveyed 46,000 managers in 40 countries

• Researched over course of 10 years

• Evaluated corporate culture 

• Published Riding the Waves, 1997
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/seven-dimensions.htm
Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner
1. Universalism v. Particularism

2. Individualism v. Collectivism

3. Speci
fi
c v. Di
ff
use

4. Neutral v. Emotional

5. Achievement v. Ascription

6. Sequential v. Synchronous Time

7. Internally v. Externally Directed
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Hall’s Cultural Factors


Edward Hall, 1976
Hall’s Cultural Factors
• High v. Low Context

• Territorial v. Personal Space

• Linear v. Event Time

• Past v. Future Orientation

• Task v. Relationships
Edward T. Hall. 1976. Understanding Cultural Di
ff
erences. Garden City, NY: Intercultural Press.
Cultural Self-Assessment
3.3 Models of Transformation
Transformation of Self-Identity
Erik Erikson (1902-1994)
Self-Identity
• Name


• Family


• Gender


• Culture


• Ethnicity / Race


• Religious Identity


• Career / Vocation
Religiou
s

Identity
• Community


• Practices


• Beliefs


• Personal values
Transformation of Religious Identity
Identity Status (James Marcia)
Identity Status
James Marcia
1. Identity Foreclosure

2. Identity Moratorium

3. Identity Achievement

4. Identity Di
ff
usion
Identity Moratorium
Identity Achievement
Identity Diffusion
Identity Diffusion Identity Moratorium
Identity Foreclosure Identity Achievement
Low High
Low
High
Crisis
Commitment
Can’t decide
Doesn’t care
Can’t decide
Does care
Been decided
Didn’t care
Did decide
Did care
Models of Conversion (L. Rambo)
Stages of Conversion
Lewis Rambo
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will
be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom
they have not believed? And how are they to believe
in him of whom they have never heard? And how
are they to hear without someone preaching? And
how are they to preach unless they are sent?


(Rom 10:11–15 ESV)
Stages of Conversion
Case study: Russian Jewish Immigrants
1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism
Stages of Conversion
Case study: Russian Jewish Immigrants
1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism

2. Crisis: Diaspora community, immigrants in a religious country
Stages of Conversion
Case study: Russian Jewish Immigrants
1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism

2. Crisis: Diaspora community, immigrants in a religious country

3. Quest: Individuals searching for identity and spiritual belief
Stages of Conversion
Case study: Russian Jewish Immigrants
1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism

2. Crisis: Diaspora community, immigrants in a religious country

3. Quest: Individuals searching for identity and spiritual belief

4. Encounter: Missionaries providing ESL classes
Stages of Conversion
Case study: Russian Jewish Immigrants
1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism

2. Crisis: Diaspora community, immigrants in a religious country

3. Quest: Individuals searching for identity and spiritual belief

4. Encounter: Missionaries providing ESL classes

5. Interaction: Russian Jews began reading Bible, exploring faith in Jesus
Stages of Conversion
Case study: Russian Jewish Immigrants
1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism

2. Crisis: Diaspora community, immigrants in a religious country

3. Quest: Individuals searching for identity and spiritual belief

4. Encounter: Missionaries providing ESL classes

5. Interaction: Russian Jews began reading Bible, exploring faith in Jesus

6. Commitment: Seekers embrace Jesus, begin attending congregations
Stages of Conversion
Case study: Russian Jewish Immigrants
1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism

2. Crisis: Diaspora community, immigrants in a religious country

3. Quest: Individuals searching for identity and spiritual belief

4. Encounter: Missionaries providing ESL classes

5. Interaction: Russian Jews began reading Bible, exploring faith in Jesus

6. Commitment: Seekers embrace Jesus, begin attending congregations

7. Consequences: Some rejected by Jewish community, others create new
communities
Transformation of Culture
When the gospel invades a
society it transforms culture
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the
fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came
upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done
through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all
things in common. And they were selling their possessions and
belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.
And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread
in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous
hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the
Lord added to their number day by day those who were being
saved.


(Acts 2:42–47 ESV)
Models of Change
Culture Making
Transforms Culture
Andy Crouch
Culture Making
Andy Crouch
Creating Cultural Artifacts
Cross-Section of the Buffalo River
Not to scale
Practices, Rituals, Behaviors
Values, Principles
Religious Beliefs
Philosophical Beliefs
Worldviews
Cultural Artifacts
Start here
Cross-Section of the Buffalo River
Not to scale
Practices, Rituals, Behaviors
Values, Principles
Religious Beliefs
Philosophical Beliefs
Worldviews
Cultural Artifacts
Start here
Values follow
Beliefs Follow
New Worldview
Culture Making
Strength: Attainable
Culture Making
Strength: Attainable
Weakness: Cultural artifacts
can be retain older meanings
Culture Making
Strength: Attainable
Weakness: Cultural artifacts
can be retain older meanings
Ex. Catholicism & Voodoo
The Power of Story to
Transform worldview
Cross-Section of the Buffalo River
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Practices, Rituals, Behaviors
Values, Principles
Religious Beliefs
Philosophical Beliefs
Worldviews
Cultural Artifacts
New Story
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Practices, Rituals, Behaviors
Values, Principles
Religious Beliefs
Philosophical Beliefs
Worldviews
Cultural Artifacts
Beliefs Follow
New Story
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Practices, Rituals, Behaviors
Values, Principles
Religious Beliefs
Philosophical Beliefs
Worldviews
Cultural Artifacts
Values follow
Beliefs Follow
New Story
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Practices, Rituals, Behaviors
Values, Principles
Religious Beliefs
Philosophical Beliefs
Worldviews
Cultural Artifacts
Culture rede
fi
ned
Values follow
Beliefs Follow
New Story
Case Study:
How was the African American culture
transformed between 1945 - 1975?
How can culture change in the group you’re studying?
How do you decide what cultural artifacts to keep
And what should you not keep (syncretistic)?
3.4 Topic 3 Worldview Papers
Do the self-assessment


Describe your worldview in terms of the key components of worldview in
your topic 3 paper (may be done in groups)
https://hbr.org/2014/08/whats-your-cultural-profile
3.5 Topic 3 Papers
• Present the key components of worldview

• Compare / Contrast them with your own worldview or that of your culture

INT-525 topic 3

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    3. Worldviews &Transformation
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Culture as a River
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Culture as a River }Experiences Social Structures Society
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Cultural Artifacts Cultural Artifacts
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Values, Principles Cultural Artifacts Cultural Artifacts
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Values, Principles Religious Beliefs Philosophical Beliefs Cultural Artifacts Cultural Artifacts
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Values, Principles Religious Beliefs Philosophical Beliefs Worldviews Cultural Artifacts Cultural Artifacts
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Values, Principles Religious Beliefs Philosophical Beliefs Worldviews Cultural Artifacts Sensory
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Values, Principles Religious Beliefs Philosophical Beliefs Worldviews Cultural Artifacts Sensory Aware Aware/Unaware
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Values, Principles Religious Beliefs Philosophical Beliefs Worldviews Cultural Artifacts Sensory Aware Aware/Unaware Unaware
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    Nature of Worldview •Worldview is fundamental and directs the cultural river • Worldview is tacit and often not explicit • Worldview shapes personal identity • Worldview is often described as a story not proposition
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    Tacit and notExplicit
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    Described as ameta-narrative
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    Jewish Meta-Narrative • Godchose Abraham and his descendants • God gave them the land & the Torah (Law) • Israel broke the law and God scattered them • God promised to send the Messiah & regather • Until the Messiah comes Jews are a light unto the nations
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    What is theChristian Narrative?
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    Christian Worldview • Godcreated men & women in His image • God put humans on earth with a purpose • Humans rebelled, became separated, spiritually dead • God promised to send a redeemer to restore humanity • God sent Jesus to redeem humanity • Gospel • Jesus will return and accomplish fi nal redemption
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    How a worldviewfunctions • Answers ultimate questions • Provides emotional security • Rationalizes cultural norms • Integrates external culture with our personal identity • Explains why change happens • Psychological assurance world is as we truly see it Hiebert, 38-31
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    Mental Categories ofa Worldviews • Digital v. Analogical sets • Intrinsic v. Relational sets Hiebert, 38-31
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    Lines of Thinking •Abstract logic (ex. beauty, taste, music, comfort) • Algorithmic logic (ex. mathematical equations, proofs) • Analogical logic (ex. temperature, weights, density) • Topological logic (ex. systematic theology) • Relational logic (ex. sister, brother, mother) • Wisdom (ex. legal case history) • Causality (ex. Spiritualism and healing) Hiebert, 38-31
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    3.2 Frameworks toDescribe Culture
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    6D Model ofNational Culture Geert Hofstede
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    6 D ofNational Culture Geert Hofstede • Researched 70 countries between 1967 - 1973 • Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, 2010 https://hi.hofstede-insights.com/national-culture
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    6 D ofNational Culture Geert Hofstede 1. Individualism v. Collectivism (IDV) 2. Masculinity v. Femininity (MAS) 3. Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) 4. Long Term v. Short Term Orientation (LTO) 5. Indulgence v. Restraint (IVR) https://hi.hofstede-insights.com/national-culture
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    Seven Dimensions ofOrganizational Culture Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner
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    Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner •Surveyed 46,000 managers in 40 countries • Researched over course of 10 years • Evaluated corporate culture • Published Riding the Waves, 1997 https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/seven-dimensions.htm
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    Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner 1.Universalism v. Particularism 2. Individualism v. Collectivism 3. Speci fi c v. Di ff use 4. Neutral v. Emotional 5. Achievement v. Ascription 6. Sequential v. Synchronous Time 7. Internally v. Externally Directed https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/seven-dimensions.htm
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    Hall’s Cultural Factors •High v. Low Context • Territorial v. Personal Space • Linear v. Event Time • Past v. Future Orientation • Task v. Relationships Edward T. Hall. 1976. Understanding Cultural Di ff erences. Garden City, NY: Intercultural Press.
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    3.3 Models ofTransformation
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    Self-Identity • Name • Family •Gender • Culture • Ethnicity / Race • Religious Identity • Career / Vocation
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    Identity Status James Marcia 1.Identity Foreclosure 2. Identity Moratorium 3. Identity Achievement 4. Identity Di ff usion
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    Identity Diffusion IdentityMoratorium Identity Foreclosure Identity Achievement Low High Low High Crisis Commitment Can’t decide Doesn’t care Can’t decide Does care Been decided Didn’t care Did decide Did care
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    For “everyone whocalls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? (Rom 10:11–15 ESV)
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    Stages of Conversion Casestudy: Russian Jewish Immigrants 1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism
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    Stages of Conversion Casestudy: Russian Jewish Immigrants 1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism 2. Crisis: Diaspora community, immigrants in a religious country
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    Stages of Conversion Casestudy: Russian Jewish Immigrants 1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism 2. Crisis: Diaspora community, immigrants in a religious country 3. Quest: Individuals searching for identity and spiritual belief
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    Stages of Conversion Casestudy: Russian Jewish Immigrants 1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism 2. Crisis: Diaspora community, immigrants in a religious country 3. Quest: Individuals searching for identity and spiritual belief 4. Encounter: Missionaries providing ESL classes
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    Stages of Conversion Casestudy: Russian Jewish Immigrants 1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism 2. Crisis: Diaspora community, immigrants in a religious country 3. Quest: Individuals searching for identity and spiritual belief 4. Encounter: Missionaries providing ESL classes 5. Interaction: Russian Jews began reading Bible, exploring faith in Jesus
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    Stages of Conversion Casestudy: Russian Jewish Immigrants 1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism 2. Crisis: Diaspora community, immigrants in a religious country 3. Quest: Individuals searching for identity and spiritual belief 4. Encounter: Missionaries providing ESL classes 5. Interaction: Russian Jews began reading Bible, exploring faith in Jesus 6. Commitment: Seekers embrace Jesus, begin attending congregations
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    Stages of Conversion Casestudy: Russian Jewish Immigrants 1. Context: Secular Jews, without religious belief, disillusioned by Communism 2. Crisis: Diaspora community, immigrants in a religious country 3. Quest: Individuals searching for identity and spiritual belief 4. Encounter: Missionaries providing ESL classes 5. Interaction: Russian Jews began reading Bible, exploring faith in Jesus 6. Commitment: Seekers embrace Jesus, begin attending congregations 7. Consequences: Some rejected by Jewish community, others create new communities
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    When the gospelinvades a society it transforms culture
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    And they devotedthemselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved. (Acts 2:42–47 ESV)
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Values, Principles Religious Beliefs Philosophical Beliefs Worldviews Cultural Artifacts Start here
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Values, Principles Religious Beliefs Philosophical Beliefs Worldviews Cultural Artifacts Start here Values follow Beliefs Follow New Worldview
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    Culture Making Strength: Attainable Weakness:Cultural artifacts can be retain older meanings
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    Culture Making Strength: Attainable Weakness:Cultural artifacts can be retain older meanings Ex. Catholicism & Voodoo
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    The Power ofStory to Transform worldview
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Values, Principles Religious Beliefs Philosophical Beliefs Worldviews Cultural Artifacts New Story
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Values, Principles Religious Beliefs Philosophical Beliefs Worldviews Cultural Artifacts Beliefs Follow New Story
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Values, Principles Religious Beliefs Philosophical Beliefs Worldviews Cultural Artifacts Values follow Beliefs Follow New Story
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    Cross-Section of theBuffalo River Not to scale Practices, Rituals, Behaviors Values, Principles Religious Beliefs Philosophical Beliefs Worldviews Cultural Artifacts Culture rede fi ned Values follow Beliefs Follow New Story
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    Case Study: How wasthe African American culture transformed between 1945 - 1975?
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    How can culturechange in the group you’re studying? How do you decide what cultural artifacts to keep And what should you not keep (syncretistic)?
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    3.4 Topic 3Worldview Papers Do the self-assessment Describe your worldview in terms of the key components of worldview in your topic 3 paper (may be done in groups)
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    3.5 Topic 3Papers • Present the key components of worldview • Compare / Contrast them with your own worldview or that of your culture