inculturateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

inculturate (third-person singular simple present inculturates, present participle inculturating, simple past and past participle inculturated)

1. (transitive) To adapt (Christian teachings) for a non-Christian culture.
   • 1999, Timothy Radcliffe, Sing a new song: the Christian vocation, Dominican Publications, →ISBN, page 255:

     I think that Western culture poses particular problems with regard to inculturation. You do not find theologians demanding that we be inculturated, adopt the norms of our society, and yet that is often what is happening.