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Viewing Other Cultures: The Attitude Spectrum

Viewing Other Cultures: The Attitude Spectrum. Howard Culbertson Southern Nazarene University. Attitudes toward other cultures The Continuum. Ignore Reject Tolerate Understand Embrace. Ignoring. Ignore.

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Viewing Other Cultures: The Attitude Spectrum

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  1. Viewing Other Cultures: The Attitude Spectrum Howard Culbertson Southern Nazarene University

  2. Attitudes toward other culturesThe Continuum Ignore Reject Tolerate Understand Embrace

  3. Ignoring

  4. Ignore • Active or passive denial: “It may exist, but I don’t want to hear about it.” • Disdain or disregard for anything different • Example: American GI’s who never leave military bases in foreign country

  5. Reject • Thinks in stereotypes • Feelings of repulsion • Rebuff and repel on contact • Examples? • Any overtures are spurned

  6. Tolerate • Adjectives used: • Irrational, rude, ignorant • How it’s managed • “I can survive this.” • “I don’t like it, but I can bear it.” • “It’s awful, but I will stomach it.”

  7. Understand • Accept • Appreciate • Empathize with . . .

  8. Embrace • “I love you for who you are.” • Welcome and even adopt • Integration • Incorporate

  9. Question • How do we deal with those things in a culture which we think go against biblical principles?

  10. Attitudes toward other culturesThe Continuum Ignore Reject Tolerate Understand Embrace

  11. Viewing Other Cultures: The Attitude Spectrum

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