A Beginner's Guide to Crossing Cultures
Subtitle: Making Friends in a Multicultural World
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: May 2002
Place of publication: Downers Grove, IL
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780830823468
Copyright date: 2002
Subjects: Christian Life - Social Issues; Intercultural communication; Multiculturalism; Religion - Christian Life; Cross-cultural orientation; Christianity - Christian Life - Social Issues; Religion
First sentence: When I was in elementary school, I learned that the United States was a "melting pot" I pictured in my mind what happened when I melted chocolate chips, butter and sweetened condensed milk together.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one : Introducing culture.; title: What is our cultural landscape?; title: Do you understand your own culture?; title: Part two : Six lenses for understanding cultural differences.; title: Where are we? : The importance of context; title: What drives us? : The value of activity; title: Who's in charge? : The influence of authority; title: Who am I? : The source of identity; title: When do we start? : Our sense of time; title: What's really real? : Differences in worldviews; title: Part three : Building relationships in a multicultural world.; title: How do you resolve conflict?; title: God's heart for crosscultural relationships; title: Putting it all together; title: Just the beginning; title: Appendixes.; title: Old Testament Scripture references : stranger, alien; title: Culture/Feature chart; title: Preparing to share your faith across cultures; title: Preparing to minister within a diverse community; title: How does culture influence your values?; title: Building intercultural relationships; title: Checklist for intercultural church relationships; title: Bibliography; title: Suggested reading