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- transitive verb To adapt (the public practice of a religion) to the specific conditions of a given culture in order to facilitate that culture's acceptance of the religion.
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Examples
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And I haven't ever questioned that, except to contemplate that the historical role of education in the US is to inculturate children into the dominant value set and that if we take underprivileged students and fail to give them that clue, we do them a disservice when they have to compete as adults in the dominant culture.
Encountering the Other Wicked Teacher of the West 2010
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And I haven't ever questioned that, except to contemplate that the historical role of education in the US is to inculturate children into the dominant value set and that if we take underprivileged students and fail to give them that clue, we do them a disservice when they have to compete as adults in the dominant culture.
Archive 2010-03-01 Wicked Teacher of the West 2010
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To accomplish this means we have to inculturate into our community.
Church or Parish? 2007
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Overall the excuse is that they are no longer colonies of any Western nation and should inculturate.
More inculturation and liturgical "updating", courtesy of the Asian bishops 2009
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Rather, we need to care for every child we have, nourish and educate and inculturate them, or risk producing armies of the poor and disenfranchised who have no stake in preserving society.
Immigrate to the Stars? Steven Barnes 2008
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It is merely realistic to recognize that such a culture will never willingly inculturate with the West, except in isolated, individual circumstances.
Arabs have short memories | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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The strategy to inculturate sic active homosexual practice into our society as a favored institution is synonymous with injecting a cancer into a healthy body.
Why Marriage Matters Evan Wolfson 2004
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The strategy to inculturate sic active homosexual practice into our society as a favored institution is synonymous with injecting a cancer into a healthy body.
Why Marriage Matters Evan Wolfson 2004
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Human beings are, by the way, absolutely doomed to inculturate everything.
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They recognise that the Church needs to work harder to know the Bible, make it more familiar to the laity and clergy, understand it as basis to inculturate the evangelical message in the world 's cultures, take care of liturgy and homily, etc.
Spero News 2008
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