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Westernization
About: Westernization is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1154 publications have been published within this topic receiving 15791 citations. The topic is also known as: occidentalization.
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TL;DR: This article examined the shifts in traditional familial values among Chinese populations and argued that the values have diminished or eroded due to Westernization and modernization, and pointed out that traditional family values have been diminished or lost due to modernization.
Abstract: Previous studies have examined the shifts in traditional familial values among Chinese populations. It was argued that the values have diminished or eroded due to Westernization and modernization. ...
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TL;DR: In this article, a critique of the traditional Western Theology (TWT) is offered from a Chinese perspective and a call is issued for the formulation of Sino-theology specifically for the contemporary Chinese Christian.
Abstract: The third article in a series is a transitional piece related to "the challenge of" and "the change for" contextualization for contemporary Chinese. Theology is foundational to Christian faith and practice; just as worldview of a certain cultural tradition is foundational to group members’ belief and practice. Therefore “contextualized Chinese theology” (i.e. “Sino-theology” or “ST”) is essential to further discussion on practical contextualization. A critique of the method of “Traditional Western Theology” (TWT) is offered in this article from a Chinese perspective and a call is issued for the formulation of ST specifically for the contemporary Chinese Christian. Critique of the either/or cognitive pattern in TWT is offered to show the necessity of formulating ST. Since the both/and pattern is the cultural theme of the Chinese, it is both right and good to employ it in the formulation of ST. First published in Chinese Around the World, November 1999 (A Ministry of Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism) and posted at http://www.missiology.org. Send comments to: ewan@westernseminary.edu When writing these articles, the author has no personal agenda against the church of the West and the missionary from the West. I am forever grateful to the American missionaries who led members of two generations both in my family and my wife’s to the Lord. However, when dealing with issues related to the danger of Westernization and the need of contextualization, critical analysis is necessary and valuable.
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TL;DR: In this article, a dialectic tension between Islamic and Western social science has been uncovered by using the example of late Ottoman intellectuals such as Ziya G?kalp, Said Halim Pasha and izmirli ismail Hakki.
Abstract: Modernization led to the intellectual dependency of the Muslim world on the West for social theories. Human action Carnal) is the subject matter of both Islamic/z
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the westernization thesis is problematic and does not help us understand the complex interactions involving change at the community level, and that the question of whether the themes of westernization are appropriate is not a matter of the views of outside experts, but whether they are of use to the people at the grassroots in their collective endeavours.
Abstract: This paper considers the claim that ideas and practices of international development, including community development, are embedded in Western notions of how to organize society. It elucidates some of the main precepts of the westernization thesis, and drawing on several studies of community development projects in Indonesia, it investigates what elements might be considered as ‘Western’ and whether the adoption of so-called Western ways is the result of the dominating power of international agencies or a pragmatic choice of active agents. The paper argues that the westernization thesis is problematic and does little to help us understand the complex interactions involving change at the community level. From a community development perspective, the question of whether the themes of westernization are appropriate is not a matter of the views of outside experts, but whether they are of use to the people at the grassroots in their collective endeavours.
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