Can or Should Seventh-day Adventist Belief be Adapted to Culture?

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1999-01-01

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Oliver, Barry

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© 1999 Review and Herald Publishing Association

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Barry Oliver is affiliated with Avondale College of Higher Education as a Conjoint Associate Professor.

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Abstract

It is the purpose of this chapter to affirm that it is necessary for the Seventh-day Adventist church to continually seek and find appropriate means of communicating its message so that it is readily heard, understood, accepted, and applied in diverse cultural and social settings.

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religion , culture , adventism

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Oliver, B. (1999). Can or should Seventh-day Adventist belief be adapted to culture? In J. Dybdahl (Ed.), Adventist mission in the 21st century: The joys and challenges of presenting Jesus to a diverse world (pp. 72-79). Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald.

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Adventist mission in the 21st century: The joys and challenges of presenting Jesus to a diverse world pp. 72-79

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9780828013390 (pbk.)

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