| Transforming Culture: A Challenge for Christian Mission Contributor(s): Lingenfelter, Sherwood G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801021782 ISBN-13: 9780801021787 Publisher: Baker Academic OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1998 Annotation: 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. He makes the second edition more accessible than the first by clarifying concepts, adding case studies, and reducing the book's length. October '98 publication date. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Social Issues - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 266 |
| LCCN: 98047736 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.42" W x 8.6" (0.61 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Employs case studies alongwith extra material on conflict resolution and specific applications on how to transform culture from the mission field. |
Contributor Bio(s): 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. |