28 July 2008
Oral Learning
Posted by hpshaiti under: Missiology .
I’m reading a book entitled Making Disciples of ORAL Leaners put out by the LCWA. I knew story telling was the best way to reach most oral learners and that even here in the US 85% actually learn better orally. But last night I learned another interesting point. According to the author, stories are essential for changing a person’s worldview. “A third key element in discipling oral learners in order to limit syncretism is to recognize the importance of stories in transforming a person’s worldview.” He says that according to N.T. Wright, “Stories constitute the core of every culture’s worldview.”
“Those stories answer four fundamental worldview questions: Who am I? Where am I? What has gone wrong? What can be done about it? Every culture uses stories to tell us what it means to be human, what kind of world we live in, why there is suffering and pain, and what, if anything, we can do to deal with that suffering and pain.”
And he says, “Christianity has its own distinctive answers to those worldview questions.” (Italics mine.) He adds that, “The Bible answers these questions with special vividness and power in the opening chapters of Genesis.”
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