Transforming Culture: A Challenge for Christian Mission

by Sherwood G. Lingenfelter

Overview

Employs case studies alongwith extra material on conflict resolution and specific applications on how to transform culture from the mission field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801021787
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/01/1998
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.41(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Sherwood Lingenfelter (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh) is senior professor of anthropology and provost emeritus at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the coauthor (with Marvin Mayers) of Ministering Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Personal Relationships.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Transferring or Transforming Culture?
2. A Model for Analysis of Social Order
3. Property: The Silent Enemy of Church Growth
4. Labor and Productivity: Divisive Values in Mission
5. Generosity and Exchange: The Stone of Stumbling in Interpersonal Relationships
6. Authority and Family: The Foundation of Social Order
7. Authority and Community: The Context of Local Churches
8. Disputes, Conflicts, and Communication: To Command or to Serve?
9. Transforming Culture
References
Scripture Index
Subject Index