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Reflections/Summary: Subversive Mission: Serving as Outsiders in a World of Need

The use of the language of the author, distancing himself from the term “missionary” as well as his own use of the term “alongsider,” gets us thinking... subsersive mission reflections-summary

When Bible Training Falls Flat

Check out these three posts related to the effectiveness of training. 2024 01-02 MF page expanded for RDWRC 16-17 Coon 2000 0411 Roger Coon Kenya Bible School Study

Book Review: Creating a World without Poverty by Muhammad Yunus

While this Book Review is from a 2007 book. Still, the ideas in the book are worth learning from. It revolves around micro-loans to the poor. Grameen Bank was involved in the process. One of the ideas they learned in…

Special “Flashback” Post: Richard Twiss recording – Native American reflections

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Welcome to the Ralph D Winter Research Center!

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Book Notes: Clifford Geertz, After the Fact: Two Countries, Four Decades, One Anthropologist

Reading Clifford Geertz's autobiographical reflections on four decades as an anthropologist, I was struck that in many ways his quandaries parallel those of the cross-cultural worker seeking to represent Christ. This…

“Fractal” Relations between “Religions”

“Fractal” Relations between “Religions” “… Religions are neither all the same nor incommensurably different. Rather, they resemble each other precisely in their internal diversity” (pg. 339). The concept of fractal…

Missionaries and Anthropology

The engagement between anthropology and mission has often been tense, with failings on both sides. This excellent historical outline by Edwin Zehner provides helpful insight and brings discussion up to the current……

The History of Modern Missiological Thought

Highly recommended: 30-minute video of Brian Stanley outlining the birth and growth of mission studies as a recognized academic discipline (“The Changing Face of Mission Studies since the Nineteenth Century”). The…