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Author: Paul G. Hiebert
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 1994-11
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese reflections by a leading evangelical anthropologist reveal how insights from anthropology can help missionaries communicate biblical content without syncretism. The author advocates a trialogue uniting theology, anthropology, and missions in the work of worldwide evangelism.
Author: Paul G. Hiebert
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2008-05-01
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1441200983
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the past, changes in behavior and in belief have been leading indicators for missionaries that Christian conversion had occurred. But these alone--or even together--are insufficient for a gospel understanding of conversion. For effective biblical mission, Paul G. Hiebert argues, we must add a third element: a change in worldview. Here he offers a comprehensive study of worldview--its philosophy, its history, its characteristics, and the means for understanding it. He then provides a detailed analysis of several worldviews that missionaries must engage today, addressing the impact of each on Christianity and mission. A biblical worldview is outlined for comparison. Finally, Hiebert argues for gospel ministry that seeks to transform people's worldviews and offers suggestions for how to do so.
Author: Paul G. Hiebert
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 1986-01-01
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780801042911
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExpert anthropologist shows missionaries how to better understand the people they serve and their historical and cultural settings.
Author: Paul G. Hiebert
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2009-06
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 080103681X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA leading evangelical anthropologist/missiologist provides students of intercultural ministry with an understanding of worldview and a strategy for effective, long-term ministry.
Author: Fenella Cannell
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2006-11-07
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0822388154
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection provides vivid ethnographic explorations of particular, local Christianities as they are experienced by different groups around the world. At the same time, the contributors, all anthropologists, rethink the vexed relationship between anthropology and Christianity. As Fenella Cannell contends in her powerful introduction, Christianity is the critical “repressed” of anthropology. To a great extent, anthropology first defined itself as a rational, empirically based enterprise quite different from theology. The theology it repudiated was, for the most part, Christian. Cannell asserts that anthropological theory carries within it ideas profoundly shaped by this rejection. Because of this, anthropology has been less successful in considering Christianity as an ethnographic object than it has in considering other religions. This collection is designed to advance a more subtle and less self-limiting anthropological study of Christianity. The contributors examine the contours of Christianity among diverse groups: Catholics in India, the Philippines, and Bolivia, and Seventh-Day Adventists in Madagascar; the Swedish branch of Word of Life, a charismatic church based in the United States; and Protestants in Amazonia, Melanesia, and Indonesia. Highlighting the wide variation in what it means to be Christian, the contributors reveal vastly different understandings and valuations of conversion, orthodoxy, Scripture, the inspired word, ritual, gifts, and the concept of heaven. In the process they bring to light how local Christian practices and beliefs are affected by encounters with colonialism and modernity, by the opposition between Catholicism and Protestantism, and by the proximity of other religions and belief systems. Together the contributors show that it not sufficient for anthropologists to assume that they know in advance what the Christian experience is; each local variation must be encountered on its own terms. Contributors. Cecilia Busby, Fenella Cannell, Simon Coleman, Peter Gow, Olivia Harris, Webb Keane, Eva Keller, David Mosse, Danilyn Rutherford, Christina Toren, Harvey Whitehouse
Author: Timothy C. Tennent
Publisher: Kregel Academic
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 562
ISBN-13: 0825438837
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA primary resource introducing missions for the passionate follower of Christ
Author: Michael Rynkiewich
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2012-01-05
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1621894274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGlobalization and urbanization are twin forces that are powerfully shaping economics, politics, and religion in the world today. Traditional anthropological theories are inadequate to recognize and analyze trends such as global migration, diasporas, and transnationalism. New departures in anthropology and the social sciences seeking to address these and other phenomena can help us critique and reshape the theology and practice of Christian mission. Today most societies are no longer monocultural. In such multicultural contexts any given individual may be competent in several cultures, several languages, several social networks. What does it mean to be in mission with people on the move--people who present themselves in one social identity, language, and culture within a particular setting, and then in another setting, even on the very same day, present themselves in another social identity, language, and culture? In the face of widespread, rapid movement of peoples and their increasingly fluid and multifaceted identities, will the missionary settle down somewhere or be itinerant along with the people? How are perplexing new questions in particular contexts to be addressed, such as: In what ways is the Nigerian who is founding an AIC congregation near Houston a missionary too? How will Brazilians and Koreans be trained for cross-cultural ministry? The world is changing faster than missionaries can be retrained for service. And yet ethnographic tools are still crucial to missionary practice. This important work seeks to draw on recent developments in anthropology to bring valuable perspective and tools to bear on equipping missionaries for work amidst the rapid shifting and complex shaping of peoples by the forces of today's globalized world.
Author: Darrell L. Whiteman
Publisher:
Published: 2003-08-01
Total Pages: 43
ISBN-13: 9780967724546
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book summarizes the history of the connection between anthropology & christian mission & calls for greator collaboration between both.
Author: Michael C. Banner
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0198722060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy do we have children and what do we raise them for? Does the proliferation of depictions of suffering in the media enhance, or endanger, compassion? How do we live and die well in the extended periods of debility which old age now threatens? Why and how should we grieve for the dead? And how should we properly remember other grief and grievances? In addressing such questions, the Christian imagination of human life has been powerfully shaped by the imagination of Christ's life Christs conception, birth, suffering, death, and burial have been subjects of profound attention in Christian thought, just as they are moments of special interest and concern in each and every human life. However, they are also sites of contention and controversy, where what it is to be human is discovered, constructed, and contested. Conception, birth, suffering, burial, and death are occasions, in other words, for profound and continuing questioning regarding the meaning of human life, as controversies to do with IVF, abortion, euthanasia, and the use of bodies and body parts post mortem, indicate. In The Ethics of Everyday Life, Michael Banner argues that moral theology must reconceive its nature and tasks if it is not only to articulate its own account of human being, but also to enter into constructive contention with other accounts. In particular, it must be willing to learn from and engage with social anthropology if it is to offer powerful and plausible portrayals of the moral life and answers to the questions which trouble modernity. Drawing in wide-ranging fashion from social anthropology and from Christian thought and practice from many periods, and influenced especially by his engagement in public policy matters including as a member of the UK's Human Tissue Authority, Banner develops the outlines of an everyday ethics, stretching from before the cradle to after the grave.
Author: Louis J. Luzbetak
Publisher:
Published: 2012-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781258334604
DOWNLOAD EBOOK""The Church and Cultures: An Applied Anthropology for the Religious Worker"" by Louis J. Luzbetak is a comprehensive guide for religious workers who want to understand and engage with different cultures. The book provides a detailed overview of the field of anthropology and its relevance to the work of the church. It explores the ways in which culture shapes religious practices and beliefs, and how religious workers can adapt their approach to better serve diverse communities.The book is divided into four parts, each focusing on a different aspect of the relationship between the church and culture. Part one provides an introduction to anthropology and its relevance to religious work. Part two explores the role of culture in shaping religious practices, beliefs, and values. Part three examines the challenges of cross-cultural communication and the importance of cultural sensitivity in religious work. Finally, part four provides practical strategies for engaging with diverse communities and adapting religious practices to different cultural contexts.Throughout the book, Luzbetak draws on his extensive experience as a missionary and anthropologist to provide real-world examples and practical advice. He emphasizes the importance of building relationships with people from different cultures, listening to their perspectives, and adapting religious practices to meet their needs. The book is written in a clear and accessible style, making it an excellent resource for anyone involved in religious work or interested in the intersection of religion and culture.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
