Overview
With more than 125,000 copies in print, this model for effective personal relationships in a multicultural and multiethnic world has proven successful for many. On the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary, this contemporary classic has been thoroughly updated to reflect Sherwood Lingenfelter's mature thinking on the topic and to communicate with modern readers, helping them minister more effectively to people of different cultural and social backgrounds. It is accessible, practical, and applicable to many ministry situations. An accompanying interactive questionnaire, designed to help students reflect on their own cultural values, is available online through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.
Table of Contents
Contents
1. God's Metaphor for Ministry: Jesus, the Incarnate Son of God
2. A Model of Basic Values
3. Tensions about Time
4. Tensions regarding Judgment
5. Tensions Associated with Handling Crises
6. Tensions over Goals
7. Tensions about Self-Worth
8. Tensions regarding Vulnerability
9. Ministering Cross-Culturally
Appendix: Basic Values Questionnaire
References
Index
1. God's Metaphor for Ministry: Jesus, the Incarnate Son of God
2. A Model of Basic Values
3. Tensions about Time
4. Tensions regarding Judgment
5. Tensions Associated with Handling Crises
6. Tensions over Goals
7. Tensions about Self-Worth
8. Tensions regarding Vulnerability
9. Ministering Cross-Culturally
Appendix: Basic Values Questionnaire
References
Index
Endorsements
Praise for the Previous Edition
"With vivid insight, lively narrative, and down-to-earth practicality, this book, by leading Christian anthropologists, is essential reading for anyone interested in ministering cross-culturally."
Robert Priest, associate professor of mission and intercultural studies, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
"The model of basic values outlined in Ministering Cross-Culturally is one of the clearest and most helpful anthropological tools ever created for Christian workers. I have used this text for years in the preparation of undergraduate and graduate students for cross-cultural service, and it remains a student favorite. The model is simple and straightforward yet profoundly helpful in assisting cross-cultural sojourners to recognize value differences, assess and modify their behavior, and build trust in cross-cultural relationships."
Murray Decker, chair, department of anthropology and intercultural studies, School of Intercultural Studies, Biola University
"This book's focus, becoming incarnational ministers, is vital in the study of missions. No book more incisively and creatively invites learners to evaluate themselves as they analyze other cultures. This new edition reveals Lingenfelter's enhanced theology of culture: Cultures are not neutral but 'prisons of disobedience' that incarnational ministers must enter and submit to for the sake of the gospel."
Gailyn Van Rheenen, professor of missions, Abilene Christian University
Authors
Sherwood G. Lingenfelter
Sherwood G. Lingenfelter (PhD, University of Pittsburgh), a senior statesman among evangelical anthropologists, is provost emeritus and senior professor of anthropology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He has written numerous books, including Leading Cross-Culturally, Teaching Cross-Culturally (with Judith E. Lingenfelter), and Ministering Cross-Culturally (with Marvin K. Mayers) as well as several volumes on anthropology.
Marvin K. Mayers
Marvin K. Mayers (1927-2015; PhD, University of Chicago) founded the Cook School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University, where he taught for many years. A faculty chair of Applied Anthropology was named in his honor at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL).