Danny Silk serves as a Senior Management Pastor at Bethel Church in Redding, CA.
Danny Silk. Not long afterwards, Berger, et al. The traditional culture of the Southern United States has been called a "culture of honor", that is, a culture where people avoid intentionally offending others, and maintain a reputation for not accepting improper conduct by others. CULTURE OF HONOR. In a traditional honor culture, loyalty to your honor group takes precedence over all other demands — even those of one’s own conscience. Many other Southerners of divided loyalties made the same choice as Lee. By. Culture of Honor. In "Culture of Honor: The Psychology of Violence in the South", Richard Nisbett and Dov Cohen closely examine violence in the American South and show the extra violence in the South to lie in the culture of honour inherited from the original settlers of the South, who were herders from the mountainous regions of Scotland and northern Ireland. Accor… ---Kris Vallotton, Senior Associate Leader of Bethel Church About the Author. But it is much easier said than done. Restoring a culture of honor to our communities and nation will come as the Church embraces the two pillars of empowering and confronting people. It is essential that this book find its way into every seminary in America! In fact, Romans 12:10 tells us to: “Love one another with brotherly affection. The Culture of Honor in the South A culture of honor is one in which your self-worth (and sometimes your livelihood as well), is based on your reputation.
We like to make honor whatever we want it to be. Peristiany 1966 on Mediterranean societies was an early and influential discussion, describing the principal features of honor cultures. Culture of Honor Definition. N., Pam M.S. In this powerful, revelation-packed book, Danny Silk describes the significant paradigm shift in church life, government, and relationships that has created and sustained the revival culture at Bethel Church in Redding, CA. Honor has attracted a considerable amount of scholarly attention across the social sciences. It is an abstract concept entailing a perceived quality of worthiness and respectability that affects both the social standing and the self-evaluation of an individual or institution such as a family, school, regiment or nation. But that isn’t a culture of honor. The concept was tested by social scientists Richard Nisbettand Dov Cohen in their book C…
Though insightful, this book’s anti-honor cultural biases is concerning. Having a culture of honor is something that sounds desirable. The concept of honor is biblical. Honour (or honor in American English) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of social teaching and of personal ethos, that manifests itself as a code of conduct, and has various elements such as valor, chivalry, honesty, and compassion. Honor Bound is a sociological analysis of honor cultures’ darker sides, an engaging exposé of the warts and flaws of Southern culture. This message is an updated version of Danny Silk's, as he first captured the Culture of Honor in 2007 when he described how Bethel practices the application of honor within our own environment. A theory as to why the American South had or may have this culture is an assumed regional belief in retribution to enforce one's rights and deter predation against one’s family, home and possessions. Culture of Honor is a must-read for every serious believer. Alexis de Tocqueville made a similar observation when visiting America: What our fathers called the archetype of honor was, in reality, only one of its forms. Culture of Honor challenges the status quo of church leadership structure and presents a refreshing view of the five-fold ministry. Outdo one another in showing honor.” (ESV) We should show honor to our leaders, but God designed it to go both directions.
General Overviews. If you come from a culture of honor, you’re more likely to fight someone who challenges you and, therefore, jeopardizes your reputation. Culture of Honor is brand created to bring awareness to how dishonorable our societies have become and to restore honor in our societies. An environment that sustains life, hope, honor and destiny! In "Culture of Honor: The Psychology of Violence in the South", Richard Nisbett and Dov Cohen closely examine violence in the American South and show the extra violence in the South to lie in the culture of honour inherited from the original settlers of the South, who were herders from the mountainous regions of Scotland and northern Ireland. There are a number of churches today that are trying to teach a culture of honor. We want to be honored.
- April 7, 2013. a cultural standard in an area, country, or ethnic people wherein brutality is recommended as the favored response to an affront or other menace to one's dignity or reputation.