The significance of shame and guilt-oriented consciences for cross-cultural ministry /by Samuel Wunderli.

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Ministry Perspective Project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions, Columbia, South Carolina, 1990.

Bibliography: leaves 203-213.

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I. Towards a Definition of Shame and Guilt

Shame versus Guilt -- Freud's Concept of Superego and Guilt Formation -- The Mead-Benedict Distinction between Guilt and Shame Cultures -- Piers and Singer's Psychoanalytic and Cultural Study -- Ausubel's Critic of the Mead-Benedict Dichotomy -- Spiro's Observation on Superego Formation of Kibbutz Children -- The Debate on Guilt and Shame in Connection with the Symposium on Transcultural Psychiatry in February 1965 -- Noble's Anthropological, Biblical, and Psychological Study -- The Definition of Shame and Guilt by Kurtz -- Wurmser's Phenomenological Study of Shame -- Shame and Self-Esteem: A Critique by Deigh -- Hesselgrave's Typology of Cultures -- Guilt and Shame Oriented Conscience according to Kaser and Muller -- Working Definition of Guilt, Shame, and Conscience -- Guilt -- Shame -- Conscience -- A Frame for Cultural Study.

II. Western Culture

Historical Background -- Medieval Theology -- Lutheran Reformation -- Calvinistic Doctrine and Puritan Ethics -- Enlightenment and Modern Natural-Law Theory -- Cultural Patterns in Protestant Areas -- Image of God -- Worldview -- Values -- Structure of Society -- Patterns of Childrearing -- Summary.

III. Asian Culture

Problems Encoutnered by Westerners -- Cultural Patterns in Asia -- Japan -- China -- Philippines -- Thailand -- Indonesia -- Summary.

IV. Comparing and Contrasting Asian and Western Culture

Image of God and Worldview -- Personal God versus Eternal Law -- Linear Thinking versus Cyclical View -- Social Structure and Values -- Egalitarian Society versus Hierarchical Society -- Individual-centered versus Group-centered -- Progerss versus Status -- Morality versus Ceremony -- Honesty versus Harmony -- Patterns of Childrearing -- Parental Punishment versus Public Humiliation -- Principle-oriented versus Circumstance-oriented -- Independence versus Dependency -- Orientaiton of Conscience -- Western Cultures -- Asian Cultures.

V. Biblical View on Guilt, Shame, and Conscience

Biblical View on Guilt -- Guilt in the Old Testament -- Guilt in the New Testament -- Biblical View on Shame -- Shame in the Old Testament -- Shame in the New Testament -- Conscience and its Orientation --- A Biblical View of Conscience -- General Orientation of Conscience -- Guilt or Shame Orientation? -- The Values of First-Century Mediterranean World -- Conclusion.

Virgin Islands Definition and Classification of Guilt, Shame, and Conscience

Guilt and Shame -- Definition of Guilt -- Definition of Shame -- Conscience -- Definition of Conscience -- Classification and Function of Conscience -- Guilt and Shame-Oriented Consciences -- Guilt Orientation -- Shame Orientation -- Conclusion -- Biblical Evaluation and Intention -- The Function of Conscience -- A New Identity -- A New Mind -- Conclusion.

Virgin IslandsI. Implications for Cross-Cultural Ministry

Consequential Points -- Concepts of Thinking and Semantics -- From the Known to the Unknown -- The Significance of a Biblical Worldview and Concept of God -- The Relevance of Wholesome Relationships without Favoritism -- The Worth of Speaking Indirectly and Adequate Questioning -- The Curiosity of Individualistic Conversion -- The Danger of Superficial Legalism -- Establishing Church Discipline -- Self-Exposure: Bridge to Shame-Oriented Consciences -- The Need for Revival -- The Power of Altruistic Love -- Hazards for Success-Oriented Missionaries -- Conclusion.