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Anthropological Insights for Missionaries| Media: | Paperback | | Author: | Paul Hiebert | | Publisher: | Baker Academic | | Release date: | 01 December, 1985 | | List price: | $22.99 |
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Anthropological insights are not for missionaries |
| This is a terrible book with a terrible message: that you should use the understanding of other cultures in order to infiltrate and change them. That is NOT the message of anthropology. As an anthropologist, I resent this book profoundly. Anthropology is based on tolerance for other cultures, interest in their own ways of being and believing, and the concept of cultural relativism--that a culture's values and morals can only be understood in their own terms. The one thing we do NOT do is try to impose our own "truths" on others. If missionaries want to learn what anthropology really is, then read an anthropology book. But this text merely steals from anthropology in the most primitive way and turns that stolen material into the guidelines for cultural judgment, invasion, and destruction. It is arrogant and misguided. |
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Academic, yet insighful |
| This is a good reference book for missionaries who are going overseas. It helps you understand different cultures around the world. It is a good read for those who do not understand other cultures and want to get a good grasp on why people do what they do. It introduces you to various ways of life many of which I had never heard before. This book is academic, not light reading. |
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an almost exhaustive work for the missionary prospects |
This book was written for missionaries and missionary prospects, and by a former missionary. Hiebert is a 1st class scholar in the area of cultural anthropology. Hiebert is big on charts and illustrations, so be prepared to look at charts which resemble the game board for a football play.
This book is divided into 4 different parts:
Part 1: The Gospel and Human Cultures Part 2:Cultural Differences and the Missionary Part 3: Cultural Differences and the Message Part 4: Cultural Differences and the Bicultural Community
Much of the anthropological information could be applied to living at home, or abroad. The key to using cultural anthropology as a missionary is to better understand how humans function culturally in order to provide a more efficiant way to communicate with them, which is exactly what the Christian missionary wants to do. The reader will gain a better appreciation for the job of the missionary, be more culturally sensitive, and have a better overall perspective on why man behaves the way he does.
Hiebert uses illustrations from his mission stint in India which drive home the points he is trying to make academically. One thing of great importance for the missionary is the study of cultural anthropology is never a waste of time, especially when trying to minister cross-culturally.
The missionary who reads this book will be better equiped to present the gospel message in a culturally relevant way. I recommend this book to all who will work cross-culturally, be they missionary or not. The commission still stands. Seek and save the lost. |
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