Influences on Spiritual Formation in Malaysia Churches
What do you think are some of the factors that influence spiritual formation of Chinese Christians in Malaysian and Singapore churches churches? Here are some of my ideas.
Denominational history
Chinese culture
Post-colonial legacy
Religious pluralism in a multicultural society
Islam as the dominant religion in society- Media-interconnectivitiy
Effects of globalisation
Can you think of any other factors that can influence spiritual formation in Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese Christians? Please let me know.
I am conducting a research on this area and will great appreciate your input.
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Labels: Culture, Influencer, Spiritual Formation
posted by Alex Tang at 1:56 AM
4 Comments:
educational background?
(kebangsaan vs chinese learning/teaching methods)
multicultural society (hence diff between China chinese and malaysian/singaporean chinese)
maybe?
Post Tsunami in SEA and Flood disaster in Johor - this caused my church started to get ready to be involved more in disaster relief. FUnds is being budgeted for such disaster relief since the incidents
Malaysian politics - a lot of sensitive issue like Lina Joy is being silenced addressed in church pulpit.
TErrorism - it caused even more hindrances for Malaysians to be involved in neighbour work
Migrations (prob this fall under globalizations) - lots of young adults in my rural town migrated to overseas or urban areas that caused a vacum in leadership successions.
How about affluence?
Hi sora,
yes, education (National type Bahas Malaysia, Vernicular such as Mandarin, Private schools in English) will have an important influence.
thanks, chee keat,
getting a church moblised or developing a mentality of offering community assistance is a factor.
being Christian in Malaysia politics is definitely an influencer.
terroism and fundamentalist resurgence
borderless world
hi, sk,
yes, affluence or as someone says affluenza.
Thanks for all these wonderful suggestions.
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