inculturation

Examples

• All

• The process of inculturation allows the church to connect more meaningfully with local traditions and customs.

• A third point is that inculturation is a two-way process.

  Academic text (2008)

• The areas in which inculturation must be carried out cover all the activities of church life.

  Academic text (2004)

• All branches of theology in Africa have done and will continue doing work on inculturation in general.

  Academic text (2008)

• In the case of immigrants from what was once called the Third World, the inculturation of the gospel is a complicated task.

  Academic text (2004)

• Anyone involved in the work of inculturation must also have more than a fleeting knowledge of the Christian/Catholic tradition.

  Academic text (2008)

• Some African theologians engaged in the work of inculturation start by regarding culture as the normative principle.

  Academic text (2008)

• The first lesson to learn from McCormick is that inculturation must be built on strong Christian theological convictions.

  Academic text (2008)

• In sum, Bishop Pelotte challenged all Christians to carry inculturation to greater depths than a few isolated rituals.

  Academic text (2007)

• In practice, tensions arise among mestizo pastoral agents and indigenous Catholic activists over different understandings of inculturation.

  Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

A

acculturation

vsinculturation

• Specialized

2 8.2

Adopting the customs and daily life of another culture

focuses on religious adaptation rather than general cultural assimilation

I

indigenization

vsinculturation

1 7.7

Adapting something so it fits local customs and needs

focuses specifically on adapting religious practices and expressions to local culture

How Adapted

indigenization

1 7.7

inculturation

• Formal

1 9.9

adaptation

50 3.7

contextualization

1 7.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology