| Ministering Cross-Culturally: A Model for Effective Personal Relationships Contributor(s): Lingenfelter, Sherwood G. (Author), Mayers, Marvin K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801097479 ISBN-13: 9780801097478 Publisher: Baker Academic OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions |
| Dewey: 266.001 |
| LCCN: 2015041819 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.40 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With more than 125,000 copies in print, this model for effective personal relationships in a multicultural and multiethnic world has proven successful for many. On the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary, this contemporary classic has been thoroughly updated to reflect Sherwood Lingenfelter's mature thinking on the topic and to communicate with modern readers, helping them minister more effectively to people of different cultural and social backgrounds. It is accessible, practical, and applicable to many ministry situations. An accompanying interactive questionnaire, designed to help students reflect on their own cultural values, is available online through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mayers, Marvin K.: - Marvin K. Mayers (1927-2015; PhD, University of Chicago) founded the Cook School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University, where he taught for many years. A faculty chair of Applied Anthropology was named in his honor at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL).Lingenfelter, Sherwood G.: - Sherwood G. Lingenfelter (PhD, University of Pittsburgh) is provost emeritus and senior professor of anthropology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He is the author of Transforming Culture, Agents of Transformation, Leading Cross-Culturally, and Teaching Cross-Culturally (with Judith E. Lingenfelter) as well as several volumes on anthropology. |