DN1203 -- 人類學與處境化 -- 曾錫華牧師/ 簡國基博士/ 嚴鳳山伉儷

DN1203 人類學與處境化

Anthropology and Contextualization

(六學分)

 

上課日期：2026年2月2-6日(週一至週五)

上課時間：9:00-18:00，每天上課8小時，五天合共40 小時

上課地點：灣仔市區校園及Zoom meeting

教    授：曾錫華博士(統籌)、簡國基博士、Dr. Colleen Yim、嚴鳯山博士

 

講師簡介：

1.      曾錫華博士：哲學博士（跨越文化研究學，Fuller Theological Seminary），現為建道神學院跨越文化研究部副教授及跨越文化研究博士課程主任 (部份時間)。

2.      嚴鳳山博士：哲學博士（跨文化教育學，美國Biola University），恩光使團宣教士，早期在印度宣教二十多年，後任教約旦福音神學院（JETS）副教授十年之久。

3.      Dr. Colleen Yim：PhD Intercultural Education, Biola University, Adjunct Professor, Biola University.  恩光使團宣教士，曾與夫婿嚴鳳山牧師在印度及約旦宣教三十多年。

4.       簡國基博士：哲學博士，現任建道神學院跨越文化研究部助理教授及代主任。

 

 

2/2(一)

3/2(二)

4/2(三)

5/2(四)

6/2(五)

9:00-12:30

曾錫華牧師

嚴鳳山牧師

簡國基博士

嚴鳯山牧師

簡國基博士

曾錫華牧師

嚴鳳山牧師

Dr. Colleen

12:30-13:30

午膳

13:30-18:00

嚴鳯山牧師

簡國基博士

Dr. Colleen

Dr. Colleen

嚴鳳山牧師

曾錫華牧師

 

一、 課程簡介

「認識文化」與「處境化」(Contextualization)是跨文化宣教必需掌握的知識和支巧。本課程將幫助學員進深認識宣教與文化的關係、「宣教人類學」的理論與實踐及福音「處境化」(Contextualization)與宣教實踐。「處境化」(Contextualization)是一個範圍廣闊及多元的課題，包括學術研究、實踐探索、社會文化研究、神學反思及宣教工場上的實踐應用，本科將聚焦於認識文化與宣教「處境化」的實踐、目的是裝備學員能整全及適切地將福音及聖經真理介紹給不同文化的人，並建立適切福音對像文化的門徒訓練方案及教會禮儀及模式。

 

二、課程大綱

1.      認識文化與宣教 (Cultures and Mission，嚴鳯山博士)

2.      宣教與處境化 (Misson and Contextualization，Dr. Coleen)。

3.      人類學理論與宣教（Anthropological Theory and Mission，簡國基博士）

4.      華人處境與本色化 (Contextualization in Chinese Contexts，曾錫華博士)

 

三、 功課要求

1.      課前閱讀（20%）：閱讀基本教科書，最少2,000頁

2.      讀書報告（20%）：從基本教科書中（即中、英文參考書中）選出五本來閱讀，並為每本撰寫閱讀報告一份，每份1,200-1,500字，並於上課第一天呈交。若有曾經閱讀的書，請在書目中另選一本撰寫閱讀報告。

3.      研究報告書（60%）：

同學可從本科的課題中自選一個題目作深入研究，並按本院學術規範完成研究專文一篇，全文約12,000字，題目必須先得講師同意，並於六個月內完成及呈交（即在2026年8月5日前呈交）。

 

英文參考書：

1.      Wright Christopher. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible ’s grand narrative.2006. England:Inter-Varsity Press

2.      Ott Craig,Strauss Stephen and Tennent Timothy.Encountering Theology of Mission.2010.Grand Rapids: Baker

3.      Darrell L. Whiteman. Crossing Cultures with the Gospel.2024. Grand Rapids: Baker

4.      Tennent, Timothy. 2007. Theology in the Context of World Christianity. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.

5.      Hiebert, Paul. 1994. Anthropological Reflections on Missiological Issues. Grand Rapids: Baker.

6.      Lingenfelter, Sherwood G. and Marvin K. Mayers. 2016. Ministering Cross-Culturally. Third Edition. Grand Rapids: Baker.

7.      Lingenfelter, Sherwood G. 1998. Transforming Culture. Grand Rapids: Baker.

8.      Sanneh Lamin. Translating The Message:The Missionary impact on Culture. 2009. New York: Orbis Books

9.      Otaigbe Osoba. Building Cultural Intelligence in Church and Ministry.2016. Indiana: Authorhouse

10.  Georges Jayson .The 3D Gospel:Ministry in Guilt, Shame and Fear Cultures. 2014. New York:Time press

11.         Bennett, M.J. “Intercultural communication: A current perspective.” In M. J. Bennett (Ed.), Basic concepts of intercultural communication (pp.1-34). (Maine: Intercultural Press Inc, 1998.)

12.         Berchie, Daniel, Dediako, Daniel Kwame and Asafo, Dziedzorm R. The Bible, Cultural Identity, and Mission. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2016.)

13.  Bilezikian, Gilbert., Beyond Sex Roles. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1985.)

14.  Chée, Benjamin, Cross-Cultural Leadership and Conflict Management in the Asian Context: Direct Confrontation Versus Harmony, (GRIN Verlag, 2019.)

15.  Connerley, Mary L. Pedersen, Paul B. Leadership in a diverse and multicultural environment: developing awareness, knowledge, and skills. SAGE Publications, 2005.

16.  Elmer, Duane, Cross-Cultural Conflict. (Downers Grove, IL.: IVP, 1993.)

17.  Fletcher, J. K. (2001). Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power, and Relational Practice at Work. (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001.

18.              Flectcher, Michael, Empowering leadership: how a leadership development culture builds better leaders faster. (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2018.)

19.              Hofstede, G. Culture’s Consequences (2nd ed.). (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2001.)

20.               Hofstede, G. (with Arrindell, W. A., et al.). Masculinity and Femininity: The Taboo Dimensions of National Culture. (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 1998.)

21.               House, R. J., Dorfman, P. W., Javidan, M., Hanges, P. J., & Sully de Luque, M. F. Strategic Leadership Across Cultures: GLOBE study of CEO leadership behaviour and effectiveness in 24 countries. (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2013.)

22.               Lingenfelter, Sherwood G., Leading Cross-Culturally: Covenant Relationship for Effective Christian Leadership, (Baker, MI., 2008.

23.               McConnell, Douglas. Cultural Insights for Christian Leaders: New Directions for Organizations Serving God’s Mission. (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Publishing, 2018.)

24.               Schein, Edgar H., Schein, Peter A. Humble Leadership the Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust. (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2018.)

25.               Smalley, William A. “Respect and Ethnocentrism.” Smalley, William, Ed. Readings in Missionary Anthropology II. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1978.

26.              Kraft, Charles H. Anthropology for Christian Witness. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1996. （有E-book）

27.              Grunlan, S.O. and M. Mayers. Cultural Anthropology: A Christian Perspective. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1988.

28.              Hefner, R. ed. Conversion to Christianity: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives on a Great Transformation. Berkeley, CA: University of California Berkeley, 2023.

29.              Kraft, Charles H. Worldview for Christian Witness. Pasadena, CA: William Carey, 2008.

30.              Lingenfelter, Sherwood. Agents of Transformation: A Guide for Effective Cross-Cultural Ministry. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1996.

31.              Lingenfelter, Sherwood and Marvin K. Mayers. Ministering Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Personal Relationships. 2nd Edition, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2003.

32.              Erickson, Paul A., and Liam Donat Murphy. A History of Anthropological Theory. 5th ed. Ontario, Canada New York: University of Toronto press, 2017.

33.              McGee, R. Jon, and Richard L. Warms. Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History. 8th ed. Lanham Boulder New York London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2025.

34.              Pedersen, Lene, and Lisa Cliggett, eds. The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Anthropology. London: SAGE, 2021.

35.      Moberg, Mark. Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social and Political History. 3th ed. Abingdon, Oxon, NY: Routledge, 2025.

36.      Flemming, Dean E. Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2005.

37.      Kraft, Charles (ed.), Appropriate Christianity, William Carey Library, 2006.

38.      Hesselgrave, David J., and Rommen, Edward, Contextualization, Meanings, Methods, and Models, Apollos, England, 1989.

39.      Moreau, A. Scott, Evvy Hay Campbell and Susan Greener  Effective Intercultural Communication: A Christian Perspective (Encountering Mission), Kregel, 2014.

40.      Bosch David J., Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. American Society of Missiology series no. 16, Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1991.

41.      God’s Missionary People. Chicago: Moody, 1991.

42.      Covell, R. Buddhism and the Gospel Among the Peoples of China in International Journal Of Frontier Missions, Vol10:3 July 1993, 129-138

43.      Dye, TW. The Eight Conditions of Scripture Engagement: Social and Cultural Factors Necessary for Vernacular Bible Translation to Achieve Maximum Effect in International Journal Of Frontier Missions, Vol 26:2 Summer. 2009, 89-98.

44.      Harries, Biblical Hermeneutics in Relation to Conventions of Language Use in Africa: (Pragmatics applied to interpretation in cross-cultural context). See Website: http://www.jim-mission.org.uk/articles/biblical-hermeneutics.html

45.      Hans Küng           Islam: Past, Present and Future, translated from the German by John Bowden, Oxford: Oneworld, 2007. ）。

46.      Conn, Harvie M. Eternal Word and Changing Worlds: Theology, Anthropology, and Mission in Trialogue. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.

47.      Hesselgrave, D. Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally. Grand Rapids; Zondervan,1991

48.      Hesselgrave, D. Contextualization that is Authentic and Relevant in International Journal Of Frontier Missions, Vol 12:3 Jul.-Sep. 1995, 115-119.

49.      Hiebert, Paul G. Conversion and Worldview Transformation in International Journal Of Frontier Missions, Vol 14:2 Apr.-June 1997, 83-86.

50.      Hiebert, Paul G. Critical contextualization in International Journal Of Frontier Missions, International Bulletin of Missionary Research,July, 1987

51.      Kraft, Charles H. Communication Theory for Christian Witness (Rev. Ed.). Maryknoll: Orbis 1999.

52.      Bevans, Stephen, B. Models of Contextual Theology. Maryknowl : Orbis Books, rev ed. 2002.

53.      Bosch David J., Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. American Society of Missiology series no. 16, Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1991.

54.      -------, “Hermeneutical Principles in the Biblical Foundations for Mission,” Evangelical Review of Theology 17 (1993), 438.

55.      Chiang, Samuel E., and Lovejoy, Grant (ed.) Beyond Literate Western Models: Contextualizing Theological Education in Oral Contexts, International Orality Network, 2013.

56.      Clark, David K. To Know and Love God: Method for Theology. Weaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2003.

57.      Dyrness, William A. Learning About Theology from the Third World. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.

58.      Dyrness, William A. and Veli-Matti Karkkainen, eds.  Global Dictionary of Theology. Downers Grove: InnerVarsity Press, 2008.

59.      Escobar, Samuel. The New Global Mission: The Gospel from Everywhere to Everyone (Christian Doctrine in Global Perpsective). Downers Grove:InterVarsity Press, 2003.

60.      Gilliland, Dean S., ed. The Word Among Us.  Dallas: Word Publishing, 1989.

61.      Grenz, Stanley James. A Primer on Postmodernism. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1996.

62.      Henrichsen ,Walter A. and Howard G. Hendricks, Disciples Are Made Not Born. Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, 2002.

63.      Hiebert, Paul G. “Critical Contextualization,” International Bulletin of Missionary Research, July 1987.

64.      Köstenberger, Andreas J. and Peter T. O’Brien, Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Theology of Mission. NSBT 11; Leicester, UK: InterVarsity, 2001.

65.      Philip Jenkins, The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South. Oxford, 2008.

66.      Ott, Craig, and Harold Netland. Globalizing Theology: Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006. 

67.      Ott, Craig, Timothy Tennant, and Stephen Strauss. Encountering Theology of Mission: Biblical Foundations, Historical Developments, and Contemporary Issues. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2010.

68.      Pocock, Michael, Gailyn Van Rheenen, and Douglas McConnell. The Changing Face of World Missions. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005.

69.      Warner, Rob.  Reinventing English Evangelicalism 1966-2001 – A Theological And Sociological Study, Paternoster, 2007.

70.      Schreiter, Robert J. Constructing Local Theologies. Maryknowl: Orbis Books, 1985. 

71.      Shaw, R. Daniel; Burrows, William R. (ed,), Traditional Ritual As Christian Worship: Dangerous Syncretism or Necessary Hybridity? Orbis Books

72.      Taylor, David,  “Setting the Pace,” in Mission Frontiers, July-August 2010, 7-10.

73.      Tennent, Timothy C. Theology in the Context of World Christianity: How the Global Church Is Influencing the Way We Think about and Discuss Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007.

74.      Vanhoozer, Kevin J. The Drama of Doctrine: A Canonical-Linguistic Approach To Christian Theology. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005.

75.      Van Rheenen, Gaylen. Contextualization and Syncretism. <http://www.missiology.org/blog/GVR-MR-38-Contextualization-and-Syncretism >,  9/10/2010.

76.      Walls, Andrew. The Missionary Movement in Christian History: Studies in Transmission of Faith. Maryknoll: Orbis, 1996.

77.      Walls, Andrew. The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History: Studies in Transmission of Faith. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2002.

78.      Wright, Christopher. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative. Downers Grove: IVP, 2006.

 

 

中文參考書

1.         保羅.赫伯特(Paul G. Hiebert)著 ; 林秀娟譯 ; 邱顯正審訂。《宣教士的必修課 : 知彼知己的人類學知識》。新北市 : 中華福音神學院 2019。（有E-book）Paul G. Hiebert. Anthropological Insights for Missionaries. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1985

2.         保羅.赫伯特(Paul G. Hiebert)著; 王之瑋譯 ; 邱顯正審訂。《文化人類學》 。新北市 : 中華福音神學院 2020。Paul G. Hiebert, Cultural anthropology, Grand Rapids, Mich. :Baker Book House 1983.

3. Moreau, A. Scott  Contextualization in World Missions: Mapping and Assessing Evangelical Models, Kregel 2012. 中譯本：《扎根本土的宣教：宣教處境化的實踐模式》，橄欖，2021.

4. 貝萬斯 (Stephen B. Bevens) 及施羅德 (Roger P. Schroeder)。《演變中的永恆：當代宣教神學》。香港：香港道風書社，2011。

5. 裡斯托˙阿霍寧 (Risto A. Ahonen)著。李德裕譯。《二十一世紀的宣教：普世宣教的神學論據》。香港：道聲出版社，2017。

6. 傑拉德‧佈雷 (Gerald Bray)著。顧華德譯。《教會的故事：神學與歷史》。臺灣新北市：中華福音學院出版，2018。

7. 羅利‧葛林 (Laurie Green)著。陳群英譯。《做神學：一同走進處境神學》。香港：基督教文藝出版社，2012。

8. 溫永生。《慎終追遠迎復興》（轉化華人祭祖文化）。臺北：天恩出版社，2010。

9. Bosch David J., Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. American Society of Missiology series no. 16, Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1991.

9. 范榮真著。鐘曉文譯。《上帝宣教之民》。臺北：華神，2005。(共324頁)或Van Engen, Charles. God’s Missionary People. Chicago: Moody, 1991.

10. 亞歷山大 (T. Desmond Alexander)著。陳永財譯。《聖經神學導論：從伊甸到新耶路撒冷》。South Pasadena, CA: 美國麥種傳道會，2014。

11. 陳俊偉編。《神學方法論》。香港：天道書樓，2013。

12. 叔紀田。《福境重尋：延福萬族的聖經基礎》。美國：大使命中心，2012。

13. 萊特 (Christopher J. H. Wright)著。李望遠譯。《宣教中的上帝》( The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative.) 。臺北：校園書房出版社，2011。

14. 萊特著。鄧元尉、祈遇譯。曾錫華審訂。《上帝子民的宣教使命—關於教會宣教使命的聖經神學》，新北市：橄欖出版有限公司，2011。或Wright, Christopher J. H. The Mission of God’s People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2010.

15. 棣立德著。曾家衛譯。《使萬民作門徒》。臺北：華神，1996。或 DeRidder, Richard. Discipling the Nations. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1971.

16. Bosch, David J. 博許著。白陳毓華譯。《更新變化的宣教：宣教神學的典範變遷》。臺北：華神，1996。或 Bosch, David J. Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. New York: Orbis Books, 1991.

17.  Hans Küng Islam: Past, Present and Future, translated from the German by John Bowden, Oxford: Oneworld, 2007. ）。

18.      賈禮榮（J. Herbert Kane）著，黃彼得譯。《宣教神學的聖經基礎》（Christian Missions in Bible Perspective ）臺灣中國信徒佈道會，1999年三版。（此書有免費網上版）。

19.      叔紀田著。《福境重尋：延福萬族的聖經基礎》。美國：大使命中心，2012。

20.      萊特 (Christopher J. H. Wright)。《宣教中的上帝》( The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative.) 。臺北：校園書房出版社，2011。

21.      Conn, Harvie M. Eternal Word and Changing Worlds: Theology, Anthropology, and Mission in Trialogue. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.

22.      曾政忠、邱善雄、溫永生、吳瑞誠著。《客家宣教新浪潮：在所定的日子，達到倍加》。臺北縣中和市：中華福音神學院，華宣發行，2008。