1. What two complicating factors attend America s multiethnic groupings? a) b)

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1 ASOM Student Name: Study Guide Edition Score: correct of 45 ORD 303 Multicultural Ministry What Color is Your God? James and Lillian Breckenridge 1. What two complicating factors attend America s multiethnic groupings? Instructor s Initials: 2. Only through what means can the hydra of prejudice and racism be conquered? How does the Spirit of Christ speak to our society? 3. What do the authors view as our national sin? 4. What four goals must churches work toward if they want to address the problems of racism and bias?

2 5. According to Millard Erickson, what two options confront the church in its relations with society? Briefly describe each one. 6. According to Kevin J. Vanhoozer, what does genuine evangelical culture accept in regards to the Gospel? 7. What caution does Justo L. Gonzalez offer concerning cultural conditioning?

3 8. What is one way to avoid the trap of building cultural castles that serve our purposes while having little or no positive effect upon a needy world? What three steps should be taken to develop this statement of mission? 9. God s separation of Israel from other nations was based on what? What grave mistake could we make concerning racial separation and the Bible? Does the Bible discourage or condemn interracial marriage? 10. Briefly explain the origin of racial differences. 11. List and define the four options given by David Lyons for the church as it confronts social issues

4 12. Briefly explain what is required by a Christian view of multiculturalism. 13. What does Charles Kraft say concerning the church assuming cultural forms that may not communicate to others? 14. What does the dynamic equivalence hermeneutical model of Charles Kraft seek to convey? What is meant by a sense-translation format?

5 15. What three things must evangelicals do if they wish to communicate to a multicultural society? 16. What four items compose the broader approach to multiculturalism espoused by some? 17. Define ethnocentrism. 18. Define pluralism. 19. Define postmodernism.

6 20. The authors state that the melting-pot objective is counterproductive. What do they cite as the result of blending our many groups into one? What do they think is better? 21. What does the Christian response to multiculturalism call for? What does this mean? 22. Concerning multiculturalism and ministry, what four points are important for the structural organization of the church? 23. Concerning multiculturalism, what five objectives should a church pursue when seeking to help positively develop personal values?

7 e) 24. List and define the four most common types used to integrate a multicultural approach in religious and educational settings. 25. List the five dimensions researched by Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck that characterize the values of ethnic minorities. e)

8 26. Describe the first-order choice for the Nature of Humanity during early America. What is the current status of this position? What is the prevailing position of today s society and what does it state? 27. Briefly describe each of the four types of behaviors and patterns that are found in family structure.

9 28. What two cautions must be noted when identifying distinctives in cultural family patterns for specific ethnic groups? 29. How many ethnic groups does the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups identify? 30. What four groups account for approximately 92 percent of the Hispanics in the U.S.? Which is the fastest growing ethnic group in America? 31. What is the citizenship status of Puerto Ricans? 32. What is an important characteristic of the Hispanic American family?

10 33. How many Native-American groups could be counted in the 1970s? 34. List the six contrasting values between the Native-American and Anglo-American worldviews. e) f) 35. List the eight components of religious education that is informed by the wisdom of the Native- American tradition. e) f) g) h)

11 36. What is the fastest-growing minority in America? If Asians are looked at in terms of one group, how do they compare with the average American? 37. Briefly define each of the following Asian-American characteristics that are the result of their exposure to both Asian and the dominant Western values and behavior of American culture. a) Traditional Asians - b) Asian Americans - c) Alienated Asians - d) Americanized Asians -

12 38. How is religion viewed in African American-family life? What two important roles has the African-American church served? 39. List and briefly describe the three different approaches taken by research on the African-American family. 40. Describe what James R. King means by Oneness of Being?

13 41. List the seven considerations for ministry to the African-American community given by the authors. e) f) g) 42. What are the three guidelines given by the author that may help churches reconcile their ability to be inclusive while still being loyal to their faith?

14 43. Discuss what is meant by the term servant church. 44. Define the empowerment cited by the authors that will define the ministry of the servant church to contemporary society. What critical clarification concerning empowerment must be made? 45. What is the warning given by Reuben Brooks about Christians and culture? According to Brooks, how does Christ solves this dilemma?