Short-term mission : an ethnography of Christian travel narrative and experience / Brian M. Howell
Material type: TextDowners Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, ©2012Description: 256 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780830839735
- RTL BV 2082 .S56 H839 2012
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Contents:
Part One: Introducing Narratives
1. “It Changed My Life” – Short-Term Mission and Christian Narratives of Travel
2. “Are You for Them or Against Them?” – Defining Short-Term Mission
Part Two: The History of a Narrative
3. “That’s No Missionary!” – Redefining Mission and the Missionary Establishment
4. “Youth Try the Impossible!” – Youth Movements and Short-Term Mission
5. “It Will Change Your Life” – Short-Term Mission and Central Wheaton Church
Part Three: Traveling Narratives
6. “Remember, These Are Real Missions” – Embodying a Missionary Narrative at Central Wheaton Church
7. “Pour Out Your Soul” – Living the Narrative of Short-Term Mission
8. “Of Course You Always Grow Close to God on a Mission Trip” – (Re)narrating a Short-Term Trip
Part Four: The Future of the Narrative
9. “Just Bring Greetings” – Creating a New Narrative for Short-Term Mission
10. “And What Does the Lord Require of You?” – Suggestions and an Encouraging Postscript
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