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inculturation, n.|ɪnkʌltʃəˈreɪʃən|
[f. in-2 + culturation n.]
a. The acquisition of the behavioural characteristics of a particular culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.; = enculturation n. Cf. socialization n.
1968W. J. Samarin in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. 661 By natural language is meant any language acquired by the normal processes of inculturation. 1993Guardian 22 June ii. 6/4 They found that a chimpanzee can learn to communicate if it is raised as though it were a child. Dr. Savage-Rumbaugh calls that..inculturation.
b. spec. The adaptation of Christian liturgy so as to accommodate the beliefs and practices of non-Christian cultures.
1970Liturgical Arts XXXIX. 31/1 Can Christian liturgy use the readings from Buddha & Confucius? One group affirms this is praisworthy inculturation. 1986Tablet 1 Nov. 1182/2 Engelbert Zeitler..was instrumental in establishing several institutes for the study of Indian art and culture to put into effect the directives of the second Vatican Council in inculturation. 1989Church Times 28 July 4/3 Within China there is little or no effort towards inculturation. 1992New Republic 11 May 20/2 An especially heartening development is black parishes' response to the Second Vatican Council's call for ‘liturgical inculturation’, which aims to make the liturgy reflect the shared culture of the parishioners. |