Vulnerable mission
Subtitle: insights into christian mission to Africa from a position of vulnerability </center></tp>
By: Jim Harries
Publisher: William Carey Library
Published: 2011
Place of publication: 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780878085248
Subjects: Missions; Theory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259) and index.
Table of contents: title: "The name of God in Africa" and related contemporary theological, development, and linguistic concerns; title: The immorality of aid to the "Third World" (Africa); title: Heart-led development: an East African study; title: Pragmatic linguistics applied to Bible translation, projects, and intercultural relationships: an African focus; title: "Material provision" or preaching the Gospel: reconsidering "holistic" (integral) mission; title: Providence and power structures in mission and development initiatives from the West to the rest: a critique of current practice; title: 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; title: Intercultural dialogue: an overrated means of acquiring understanding examined in the context of Christian mission to Africa; title: Mission to the south, words to the north: reflections on communication in the church by a northerner in the south; title: Racism in reverse: the impact of the West on "race" in Africa; title: Good-by-default and evil in Africa; title: The magical worldview in the African church: what is going on?; title: Biblical hermeneutics in relation to conventions of language use in Africa: pragmatics applied to interpretation in cross-cultural context; title: Language in education, mission, and development in Africa: appeals for local tongues and local contexts.