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| PRODUCT TITLE | TRANSFORMING CULTURE - A CHALLENGE FOR CHRISTIAN MISSION (2ND ED.) |
| ISBN NUMBER | 9780801021787 |
| CATEGORY TYPE | MISSIONS |
| AUTHOR/EDITOR | SHERWOOD LINGENFELTER |
| PUBLISHER | BAKER |
| PRODUCT Type. | Books |
| Summary | NA |
| FORMAT | SOFTCOVER |
| SELLING PRICE | $37.00* |
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DESCRIPTION
In reviewing the first edition of Transforming Culture Roger Dixon wrote, "Every once in awhile, a book appears which has the potential to change one's life and work. Transforming Culture is one of those books." Now Sherwood Lingenfelter offers an updated version of this important manual for cross-cultural workers.
Lingenfelter sets out a model for understanding the workings of a society and then applies this model to conflicts missionaries and nationals often face over economic and social issues, such as property, labor and productivity, generosity and exchange, and authority in the family and community. Utilizing a plethora of case studies and personal anecdotes, he identifies the root of the conflicts and contradictory assumptions that make it difficult for missionaries and nationals to work together, and guides readers to solutions for transforming culture.
The author explains that the cross-cultural worker--evangelist, church planter, teacher, nurse, community developer, linguist, literacy worker, translator--will discover the social roots of interpersonal conflict endemic to living and working with people of different cultural and social heritages. When we carefully examine ourselves, we shall be forced to admit that, more often than not, we conform theology to practice; we perceive the kingdom of God on earth in our own cultural terms.
The author has made the second edition more accessible than the first by clarifying concepts, adding case studies, and reducing the book's length.
"Creatively and incisively written. It is highly recommended to those studying the relationship of Christianity and culture and to missionaries working cross-culturally."
-- Gailyn Van Rheenen, Restoration Quarterly
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