TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miyakawa,Kazuhiko
TI  - A study of a strategy for church-planting in Iran with special reference to Japanese culture /by Kazuhiko Miyakawa
AV  - BV4070 .S783 1985
PY  - 1985///
KW  - Columbia Graduate School of Bible and Missions
KW  - Dissertations
KW  - Missions
KW  - Theory
KW  - Iran
N1  - Typescript; Introduction; Chapter One. Significant Aspects of the Iranian Culture as Compared with Japan's; Chapter Two. The Problems of Western-Oriented Strategies for Church-Planting in Both Iran and Japan; Chapter Three. A Suitable Strategy for Church-Planting in the Iranian Cultural Context; List of Illustrations; Table; Bibliography: leaves 141-149; Background --; Methodology --; Delimitations --; Definition of Terms; Continuity of Culture --; Iran's diversity and unity --; Iranian mind --; Comparison --; Social Values --; Subjectivity --; Men and women --; Adroitness --; Discipline --; Face --; Individualism --; Hospitality --; Comparison --; Family --; Family organization --; Child-rearing --; The function of the family in relation to the rest of the social system --; Comparison --; Conclusion; The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Western-Oriented Strategy for Church-Planting in Iran --; The history --; The advantages --; The disadvantages --; The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Western-Oriented Strategy for Church-Planting in Japan --; The history --; The advantages --; The disadvantages --; The Reasons for the Ineffectiveness of the Western-Oriented Strategies for Church-Planting in Both Iran and Japan --; Westernism --; One subculture group --; Social approach --; Lack of contextualization --; Conclusion; The Need for a Contextualized Approach --; Dynamic equivalence churches --; An evangelical approach to contextualization --; Biblical Principles Regarding a Contextualized Strategy for Church-Planting in the Iranian Cultural Context --; Biblical meaning of Church --; Minimal requirements for a church --; A house-church model --; Household conversion --; Conclusions --; A Proposed Strategy for Church-Planting in the Iranian Cultural Context --; The missionary --; Approach --; House-churches --; Worship services --; Leadership --; Finance --; Discipleship --; Chapter Summary; People Groups in Iran --; Persian Empire Ca. 500 B.C. --; Religious Population, Christian Population, Protestant Population (of Iran -1975) --; Map of Iran --; Diagrams; Dynamic Equivalence Churches; 2
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