Crossing Cultures with the Gospel - Darrell L. Whiteman

Crossing Cultures with the Gospel

Anthropological Wisdom for Effective Christian Witness
Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2024
Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group (Verlag)
978-1-5409-6046-7 (ISBN)
27,40 inkl. MwSt
A leading missiologist with decades of experience helps people in ministry learn how to explore and understand their social, cultural, and religious context so they can more effectively witness to people in cultures different from their own.
Southwestern Journal of Theology 2023 Book Award (Honorable Mention, Evangelism/Missions/Global Church)

Drawing on forty years of teaching and mission experience, leading missiological anthropologist Darrell Whiteman brings a wealth of insight to bear on cross-cultural ministry.

After explaining the nature and function of culture and the importance of understanding culture for ministry, Whiteman addresses the most common challenges of ministering across cultures. He then provides practical solutions based on lived experience, helping readers develop healthy patterns so they can communicate the gospel effectively. Issues addressed include negotiating differences in worldview, the problem of nonverbal communication, understanding cultural forms and their meanings, and the challenge of overcoming culture shock.

Professors, students, and anyone ministering cross-culturally will benefit from this informed yet accessible guide. Foreword by Miriam Adeney.

Darrell L. Whiteman (PhD, Southern Illinois University) is founder and director of Global Development, a missiological training and discipleship ministry. After missionary service in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Central Africa, he taught for 21 years at Asbury Theological Seminary, where he also served as dean of the E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism. Whiteman is a leader in the professional societies for missiologists (APM/ASM) and has served as editor of the International Bulletin of Missionary Research and Missiology. He lives in Gig Harbor, Washington.

Foreword by Miriam Adeney
1. Conversion of the Missionary
Part 1: The Concept of Culture
2. Understanding Culture in Mission
3. The Functions of Culture
Part 2: Incarnational Ministry
4. The Incarnational Model
5. Incarnational Communication
Part 3: Common Communication Problems
6. Worldview Differences
7. Unintended Paramessages
8. Misusing Cultural Forms and Space
Part 4: Overcoming Culture Shock
9. Understanding Culture Shock
10. The Symptoms and Stages of Culture Shock
11. Cures for Culture Shock
Part 5: Growing into Effective Communicators
12. Discovering Cultural Differences
13. Becoming Aware of Cultural Baggage
14. Strategies for Effectively Crossing Cultural Boundaries
Conclusion
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Vorwort Miriam Adeney
Verlagsort Ada, MI
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 386 g
Themenwelt Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-5409-6046-3 / 1540960463
ISBN-13 978-1-5409-6046-7 / 9781540960467
Zustand Neuware
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