Many cultural traits serve important functions in the lives of the people. If we remove these without providing a substitute, the consequences can be tragic. In some places husbands with more than one wile had to give up all but one when they became Christians. But no arrangements were made for the wives who were put away. Many of them ended up in prostitution or slavery.”
Monday, September 17, 2007
Unforeseen Side Effects of Conversion Must be considered!
“Since cultural traits are linked together into larger wholes, changes in one or more of them leads often to unforeseen changes in other areas of the culture. For example, in one part of Africa , when the people became Christians, their villages also became dirty. The reason for this was that they were now not afraid of evil spirits which they believed hid in the refuse. So they no longer had to clean it up.
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