| Introduction |
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| I. THE WORD, CULTURE: USE AND ABUSE |
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| 1. Culture, an instrument to contemplate the world |
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| 2. There are no superior or inferior cultures, only different cultrures |
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| 3. Culture is not identified with civilization |
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| 4. There are no "oppressive" or "oppressed" cultures |
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| 5. Culture is not identified with "universal values" |
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| 6. There is no "Christian" culture |
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| 7. The Church dialogues with cultures |
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| 8. Culture and Gospel are not identified |
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| 9. …but there is a close bond between culture and Gospel |
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| 10. "Culture of the Masses" and "popular culture" |
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| 11. Culture is never identified with anti-values |
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| 12. Vatican II's definition of culture |
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| 13. Vatican II's definition of culture: its many aspects |
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| II. THREE PREFIXES FOR THE TERM CULTURE |
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| 1. "En-culturation" |
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| 2. "Ac-culturation" |
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| 3. "In-culturation" |
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| III. INCULTURATION OF THE GOSPEL |
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| 1. Ongoing inculturation of the Gospel |
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| 2. Inculturation of the Gospel: some reservations |
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| 3. Inculturation is a requirement flowing from the mystery of the incarnation |
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| 4. Inculturation is salvation history |
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| 5. From Jewish cultural particularism to Christian cultural universalism |
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| 6. The "Council" of Jerusalem |
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| IV. INCULTURATION OF RELIGIOUS LIFE |
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| 1. Religious charism as a challenge |
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| 2. Ongoing adaption of the religious charism |
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| 3. Interaction between religious charism and culture |
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| 4. Inculturation and fidelity to one's religious charism |
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| 5. Religious' fidelity to indigenous cultures |
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| 6. A religious charism creates new cultural expressions |
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| V. CHRIST'S INCARNATION: MODEL FOR RELIGIOUS' INCULTURATION |
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| 1. Inculturation, a right and a responsibility |
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| 2. Inculturation is not a mere strategy; instead, it is an essential attitude for foreign religious |
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| 3. The risen Jesus, the ultimate criterion for inculturation |
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| VI. GEOGRAPHICAL SHIFTS OF RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS DEMAND CULTURAL SHIFTS |
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| 1. Numerical inversion in congregations |
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| 2. A religious charism must be actualized in a concrete culture |
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| 3. Requirements of inculturated formation for indigenous religious |
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| VII. RELIGIOUS IN THE DYNAMICS OF INCULTURATION |
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| 1. Inculturation as a process |
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| 2. Knowing and loving the new culture |
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| 3. Attending to the dynamics of the culture |
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| 4. Yeast in the dough |
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| 5. A new language |
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| 6. Purifying the negative elements of cultures |
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| VIII. CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND CONVIVIALITY IN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES |
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| 1. Inculturation is not a leveling off at the top or the bottom |
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| 2. A religious charism is one "tradition" embodied in "traditions" |
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| 3. Inculturation and mutual understanding |
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| IX. "I AM A STRANGER IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE" |
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| 1. Inculturation does not demand rejecting one's original culture |
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| 2. People who reject their native culture will be unable to dialogue with other cultures |
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| 3. Serving indigenous churches in their own way |
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| X. FORMATION FOR INCULTURATION |
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| 1. Accepting the cross |
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| 2. A spirituality for inculturation |
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| 3. Formative criteria for inculturation |
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| 4. Formation for dialogue between cultures |
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| 5. Formative process for inculturation |
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| 6. Discipline in studying |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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