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Vulnerable mission : insights into christian mission to Africa from a position of vulnerability </center></tp> / Jim Harries.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Pasadena, California : William Carey Library, c2011.Description: xv, 283 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780878085248 (pbk.)
  • 0878085246 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 266.00967 23
LOC classification:
  • BV3500 .H29 2011
Contents:
"The name of God in Africa" and related contemporary theological, development, and linguistic concerns -- The immorality of aid to the "Third World" (Africa) -- Heart-led development: an East African study -- Pragmatic linguistics applied to Bible translation, projects, and intercultural relationships: an African focus -- "Material provision" or preaching the Gospel: reconsidering "holistic" (integral) mission -- Providence and power structures in mission and development initiatives from the West to the rest: a critique of current practice -- A linguistic case for the necessity of enculturation in theological and economic teaching based on the "shape of words": including a case study comparing sub-Saharan Africa with the West -- Intercultural dialogue: an overrated means of acquiring understanding examined in the context of Christian mission to Africa -- Mission to the south, words to the north: reflections on communication in the church by a northerner in the south -- Racism in reverse: the impact of the West on "race" in Africa -- Good-by-default and evil in Africa -- The magical worldview in the African church: what is going on? -- Biblical hermeneutics in relation to conventions of language use in Africa: pragmatics applied to interpretation in cross-cultural context -- Language in education, mission, and development in Africa: appeals for local tongues and local contexts.
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BV 3427 .T3 T38 1965 J. Hudson Taylor : BV 3500 .B8313 1979 The missions on trial : BV 3500 .F35 1979 The growth of the church in Africa / BV 3500 .H29 2011 Vulnerable mission : BV 3500 .H34 1971 Mission and ministry / BV 3500 .M495 2000 Mission in African Christianity : BV 3500 .M495 2000 Mission in African Christianity :

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259) and index.

"The name of God in Africa" and related contemporary theological, development, and linguistic concerns -- The immorality of aid to the "Third World" (Africa) -- Heart-led development: an East African study -- Pragmatic linguistics applied to Bible translation, projects, and intercultural relationships: an African focus -- "Material provision" or preaching the Gospel: reconsidering "holistic" (integral) mission -- Providence and power structures in mission and development initiatives from the West to the rest: a critique of current practice -- A linguistic case for the necessity of enculturation in theological and economic teaching based on the "shape of words": including a case study comparing sub-Saharan Africa with the West -- Intercultural dialogue: an overrated means of acquiring understanding examined in the context of Christian mission to Africa -- Mission to the south, words to the north: reflections on communication in the church by a northerner in the south -- Racism in reverse: the impact of the West on "race" in Africa -- Good-by-default and evil in Africa -- The magical worldview in the African church: what is going on? -- Biblical hermeneutics in relation to conventions of language use in Africa: pragmatics applied to interpretation in cross-cultural context -- Language in education, mission, and development in Africa: appeals for local tongues and local contexts.