Syncretistic contextualization ... ??!!!???
Syncretistic contextualization ... ??!!!???
Dead-meat! I can't figure out head and tail about what my lecturer wants in the response paper that is due this week!!
According to the handout given, syncretistic contextualization seeks to accommodate various cultures, religions, and ideologies by selecting the best insights of all of them and evolving a faith that goes beyond any one of them - seems easy to understand yet difficult ... ?!?! =(
Worse still, got to use this contextualization method to apply it to one of the Chinese festival. Help, God? What to write? How to apply? What does the lecturer want? This lecturer is known for his very strict marking - maintaining consistenCy. I heard he will even fail his students!! Dead-meat! =(
Well, God does help lah - He sent people whom I can speak with to get better ideas about this syncretistic contextualization thingy ... giving me some ideas what they think this lecturer is expecting based on their experience ... advicing me how to approach this paper and so on ... BUT I've got to get everything together, and hopefully, I can write sense into the paper and generate out a paper between 500 to 800 words!!
OK, I'm claiming James 1:5 from God, "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him." I just hope that the inspiration will flow as I work on the paper, and the next prayer is that I don't fail the paper =) Help, Lord!
To all my classmates who are struggling with the same paper - all the best too!
Dead-meat! I can't figure out head and tail about what my lecturer wants in the response paper that is due this week!!
According to the handout given, syncretistic contextualization seeks to accommodate various cultures, religions, and ideologies by selecting the best insights of all of them and evolving a faith that goes beyond any one of them - seems easy to understand yet difficult ... ?!?! =(
Worse still, got to use this contextualization method to apply it to one of the Chinese festival. Help, God? What to write? How to apply? What does the lecturer want? This lecturer is known for his very strict marking - maintaining consistenCy. I heard he will even fail his students!! Dead-meat! =(
Well, God does help lah - He sent people whom I can speak with to get better ideas about this syncretistic contextualization thingy ... giving me some ideas what they think this lecturer is expecting based on their experience ... advicing me how to approach this paper and so on ... BUT I've got to get everything together, and hopefully, I can write sense into the paper and generate out a paper between 500 to 800 words!!
OK, I'm claiming James 1:5 from God, "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him." I just hope that the inspiration will flow as I work on the paper, and the next prayer is that I don't fail the paper =) Help, Lord!
To all my classmates who are struggling with the same paper - all the best too!
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