COUNTRY SPECIFIC REDEMPTIVE ANALOGIES

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COUNTRY SPECIFIC REDEMPTIVE ANALOGIES

Possible redemptive analogies for African culture
(article)	A list of commonalities between African traditional culture and Christianity
Contextualisation of the Gospel in Sukumaland‚ Tanzania
(article)	Different ways that African proverbs‚ sayings‚ stories and symbols can be used to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to the Sukuma ethnic group and other people in East Africa. As described in the two books: “Towards An African Narrative Theology: Something Good From Africa: Enriching World Christianity with African Wisdom”‚ and “Were You There? Stations of the Cross: Scripture Meditations as Written Theology‚ Religious Paintings as African Symbolic or Visual Theology.”
Doing Theology in a Chinese Context
(pdf)	The Chinese world is increasingly raising up its own theologians—both those trained in the Western world as well as those trained in Asia. For both groups‚ one of the most vexing issues in Chinese theology continues to be ancestor worship. In this article Nancy Porras attempts to analyze some current Chinese thinking on the subject while also offering her own helpful insights.
Doing Theology Among the Ibanags
(pdf)	The Philippine Islands are home to dozens of tribal groups like the Ibanags who consider themselves Catholic but who are very much animists. In this article Clifford Peters describes the Ibanags and their worldview and offers guidelines for doing theology among such a people.
Doing Theology Among the Zuni
(pdf)	Although the Zuni have been acquainted with the Gospel for some 400 years‚ they have yet to embrace Christianity. Why is this so? Calvin here offers an explanation and suggests new approaches based upon a more thorough understanding of the Zuni worldview.
The Malay Funeral Rite: A Ritual Analysis
(pdf)	Keys to reaching a people are usually not apparent from superficial contact. Here‚ among the Muslim Malays‚ an in-depth analysis of a vital ritual sheds light on what strategies might be used in communicating the gospel to them both clearly and effectively.
Global Mapping International
(website)	Top missions resource supply among other things a CD of 27‚000 African proverbs‚ with ways to bridge them across to a Christian application! African Proverbs mailing list is also a regular source of proverbs – check also Rev Peter Addo’s insight into his Ghanain Ga culture and proverbs.
Redemptive analogies in Russian culture
(article)	A clear discussion of Russia and it’s culture and possible redemptive analogies in the culture
The Issan People – research and redemptive analogies
(article)	A well researched profile on the Issan people group with possible redemptive analogies
Christ in Thai culture
(book)	A summary of the book – ‘Poles Apart’
Contextualisation: An Adapted Rice-Feeding Ceremony
(article)	“On 2’ Jan 2000 we did a Rice-Feeding Ceremony for Lydia (our baby). We had thought for a while that this would be a good opportunity to attempt a contextualised traditional Newar ceremony. It would also be a good opportunity to feast our Newar friends who have so often invited us to their functions. It would help build friendship and trust……”
Review of True Son of Heaven; How Jesus fulfills the Chinese culture
(book)	Describes various aspects of Chinese culture‚ history and philosophy and shows how they can be viewed as analogies or “bridges” to aspects of the gospel.
Missions in China
	Here you will find various articles by Dr. Enoch Wan. The most recent additions address the subject of Christianity in the East and West‚ as well as development of a “Sino-Theology.”
Finding more info about Redemptive Analogies
(link list)	A list of resources for different countries
Matrix – Western Movie Example
(website)	Another film page which finds Christian parallels in a secular movie.
Redemptive analogies in Western youth culture
(online store)	Bible studies for youth groups using redemptive analogies from western culture
Hollywood Jesus
(website)	This site is employing a technique to extract meaning from current films. Of course‚ you don’t need to dig very deep into Tom Hanks’ The Green Mile – it’s more than an allegory already! May God use it to turn many people to Him…..

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