What's new?Cultural Anthropology course
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Bingo
Bwanda Fusa game
Case studies
Christianity and culture
Course home page
Cross-cultural steps
Culture shock
Ethnocentrism
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Kwast's culture model
Light bulb illustration
Missions and culture
Monoculturalism
My own culture shock
PowerPoint presentations
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Internet links
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10/40 Window
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An African martyr's statement on commitment
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10 ways to ruin a short-term mission trip
Youth in Mission
Linking to me
Here's a sampling of internet resources for defining, understanding and dealing with ethnocentrism and ethnocentric attitudes and behavior
One must be careful, of course, not to throw around charges of "ethnocentrism" to try to discredit people with whose views we disagree. The best use of an understanding of ethnocentrism is to use it to correct our own ethnocentric attitudes and behavior rather than that of others.
We would do well to keep in mind the 2,000-year-old admonition of Jesus of Nazareth when he asked, "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?" (Matthew 7:3)
- The Columbia Encyclopedia
- American Heritage Dictionary
- Dog sled race illustrating ethnocentrism - IUPU at Indianapolis
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