Middle issues – OralityTalks https://oralitytalks.net Journal • Webinar • Forum Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:14:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://oralitytalks.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-OralityTalks-Icon-32x32.png Middle issues – OralityTalks https://oralitytalks.net 32 32 228068180 Discipleship in Oral Preference Cultures https://oralitytalks.net/discipleship-in-oral-preference-cultures/ https://oralitytalks.net/discipleship-in-oral-preference-cultures/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:37:04 +0000 https://oralitytalks.net/?p=1982 There are many indigenous genres available that are often overlooked for discipleship in oral preference cultures. This article explores both the Sicangu Lakota Native American culture as well as the Builsa culture in Ghana, West Africa to demonstrate the value and use of indigenous symbols, rituals, dance, proverbs, songs and stories for contextualized approaches to discipleship. Drawing from various anthropological theories, examples are provided to demonstrate how these oral genres can address excluded middle issues in order to create missiological transformation. Since these indigenous genres are embedded in culture, wise disciple makers can apply this discipleship approach for the formation of cultural and biblical identity. In the process, this can help disciples overcome the common dangers of both syncretism and split-level Christianity.

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