TY - BOOK AU - Sidebotham,Bruce Thomas TI - Teaching and communicating cross-culturally: a case study AV - BV4070 .T433 1988 PY - 1988/// KW - Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions KW - Dissertations KW - Missions KW - Indonesia KW - Minangkabau (Indonesian people) N1 - Typescript; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Cognitive Processes; Chapter 3. Beliefs and Practices; Chapter 4. Social Structures; Chapter 5. Summary and Conclusion; Appendices; List of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables; Bibliography: leaves 147-164; The Minangkabau People --; The Thesis --; The Methodology --; The Sources --; Sources Specifically on the Minangkabau --; Sources on Related Areas; Minangkabau Ways of Thinking --; Demonstrated in Language and Literature --; Demonstrated in Attitudes toward Explanation --; Demonstrated in their Epistemology --; Syncretism --; Summary; Introduction --; Adat and Islam in Tension --; Origins --; Development --; Present State --; Islam --; Orthodox Beliefs --; God --; God's Unity --; God's Greatness --; God's Mercy --; Revelation --; Man --; Sin --; Salvation --; Popular Practices --; Accomodating Heterodoxy --; Minangabau Adat --; Centrality --; Formulation --; Matriliny --; Authority --; Propriety --; Summary; Introduction --; Political Structures --; Urban Character --; Rural Character --; Village Development --; Village Government --; Village Community --; Family Structures --; Property --; Descent --; Residence --; Authority --; Domestic Group Authority --; Descent Group Authority --; Marriage --; Religious Structures --; Islamic Structures in Minangkabau Society --; Relation of Islamic Structures to the State --; Relation of Islamic Structures to Christianity --; Summary; Introduction --; Points of Contact --; A Changing World --; Spiritual Hunger --; Religious Forms --; Matrilineal Kinship --; Government Structures --; Points of Controversy --; Consensus and Confrontation --; Explanation --; Tensions between Religions --; Points of Style --; Reasoning According to Minangkabau Thought --; Processes --; Gain New Perspective --; Realize the Strengths and Limitations --; Use Appropriate Communicative Forms --; Adjusting to Minangkabau Standards of Propriety --; Attending to One's Public Image --; Adopting a Corporate Perspective --; Conclusion; History and Character of West Sumatran Langauges --; Contrastive Analysis, Minangkabau and English --; Ways of Channeling Messages; Map of Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Indonesia --; Map Showing Centers of Minangkabau Population --; Illustration of Village Government Structure --; Illustration of the Matrilineal Kinship System --; Illustration of the Paruik Descent Group --; Illustration of Descent Group Hierarchy --; Illustration of a Typical Adat House --; Table of Popular Perceptions of Muslim Priests (Holy Men) versus Christian Missionaries --; Contrastive Table of English and Minangkabau Consonants --; Table of English and Minangkabau Phonemic Vowels --; Table of Minangkabau Orthography and Variations --; Table of Phonological Processes on Some Borrowed Words; 2 ER -