The Cahcobo Indians : a defense of missions from a cultural and anthropological viewpoint : English summary of the Ministry perspective project /

Zingg, Philipp,

The Cahcobo Indians : a defense of missions from a cultural and anthropological viewpoint : English summary of the Ministry perspective project / by Philipp Zingg. - 1998. - x, 47 leaves ; 28 cm.

Typescript. "A Ministry Perspective Project submitted as part of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts." "July 1998." Part 1: Foundations 1. What is Culture? 2. What is Missions? 3. Contrasting Culture and Missions Part 2: The Entrance of Western Civilization and Its Effects on the Culture of the Chacobo Indians 4. The History of the Chacobo Indians 5. The Entrance of Western Civilization and its Consequences for the Chacobo 6. Integration or Isolation Part 3: Points of Tensions in the Chacobo Culture 8. Who am I? 9. Marriage, Family, and Society 10. Renewed People Create a Renewed Society 11. Biblical Outlook

The Nature of Cultre -- Characteristics of Culture -- The Animistic World View. The Foundation of Missions -- The Nature and Goal of Misisons -- Developments in Protestant Missions Theology -- The Missionary, the Local Church, and Social Responsibility. Missions, Culture, and the Gospel -- The Missionary and His Cultural Influence -- Conclusions. The Conquest of the Lowanlands (1561-1952) -- The Work of the Roman Catholic Missions Among the Indians -- The First Encounters of the Chacobo with Christianity -- The Situation of the Chacobo until the Middle of the 20th Century -- The Work of Wycliffe Mission (1955-1979) -- The Work of Swiss Indian Mission (1978-Today) -- Conclusions. Confrontation with a Non-Indian Culture -- Land -- Medicine -- School -- Economy -- Biblical Guidelines and Help for the Chacobo -- Conclusions. The Problem with Isolation -- Integration as a Solution for the Futrue -- The Indian Organizations -- Bolivian and Tribal Culture -- Conclusions from Chapters 4-6. 7. The Influence of the Image of God on the Culture The Chacobos' View of God -- The Problem of Authority -- The Conscience -- Guilt, Shame, and Forgiveness -- Additional Consequences Resulting from a Negative View of the Hereafter -- Attempt to Give a Biblical Answer to the Image of God. The Image of Man in the Chacobo -- Ideal and Reality -- You are the Image of God. Extended Family as the Basis of Chacobo Society -- Structures and Functions in the Extended Family -- Expressed and Unexpressed Perceptions of the Husband -- A Biblical Answer. Aspects of Socio-economic Development -- Suppresser and Suppressed in Reversed Roles -- Freed to Serve -- Dealing with Nature -- The Penetration of Society with Christian Thinking. The Biblical Message in its Social Context -- Missions as a Command of Jesus Christ -- Missions as a Human Attempt to Answer the Great Commission.




Columbia International University. Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions, Korntal. --Ministry perspective project.


Missions--Bolivia.
Chacobo Indians--Bolivia.
Missions, German--Bolivia.

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