is inextricably immersed in their culture despite the plurality of culture in the world. Humanity is culture bound. We seek therefore to understand this relationship and search for the freedom from culture gained by our relationship to God, who is above culture, and humans who are culture bound. How then does God relate to humans in culture, how does He react to culture? As C Kraft puts it “how God in His interactions with human beings relates to the cultures I which they are immersed,” and how we as humans perceive of God in Culture.
God and the Origins of Culture.
Like many ancient phenomenon culture is particularly difficult to trace its origins. Theology, anthropology and sociology cannot conclusively demarcate the origin of culture and the existence of humanity. It is apparent that culture has been part of human existence as far back as they can trace that particular existence. The relationship between God and the origins of culture is therefore, or can be deduced to be that God doe’s play a significant role in that He created humans with the ability to produce culture. There is also a clear necessity for culture for human beings are not able to function properly without governing laws of behavior. Thus God is involved in the production of culture but as R Niebuhr asserts “culture is human achievement. Culture is the work of man’s minds and hands.” because culture does not commence from above nor is it derived from a theology, it is ultimately an ideology, a human achievement.
God and Culture.
“Both in history and in a Christian’s individual
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