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Interrogating the Language of "Self" and "Other" in the History of Modern Christian Mission

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Interrogating the Language of "Self" and "Other" in the History of Modern Christian Mission: Contestation, Subversion, and Re-Imagination - Yip, Man-Hei, and Nessan, Craig L (Foreword by)
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This book offers a critical analysis of the use of language in mission studies. Language and Christian missionary activity intersect in complicated ways to objectify the other in cross-cultural situations. Rethinking missiological language is both urgent and necessary to subvert narratives that continue to fetishize the other as cultural stereotypes. The project takes a step forward to reconceptualize otherness as gift, and such an affirmation should create a pathway for human flourishing and furthermore, open new avenues ...

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Interrogating the Language of "Self" and "Other" in the History of Modern Christian Mission: Contestation, Subversion, and Re-Imagination 2020, Pickwick Publications, Eugene

ISBN-13: 9781532674303

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Interrogating the Language of "Self" and "Other" in the History of Modern Christian Mission: Contestation, Subversion, and Re-Imagination 2020, Pickwick Publications, Eugene

ISBN-13: 9781532674310

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