Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures: Biblical Foundations and Practical Essentials

by Mark D. Baker and Jayson Georges

Book Overview

Many a Westerner has had a cross-cultural experience of honor and shame. First there are those stuttering moments in the new social landscape. Then after missed cues and social bruises comes the revelation that this culture--indeed much of the world--runs on an honor-shame operating system. When Western individualism and its introspective conscience fails to engage cultural gears, how can we shift and navigate this alternate code? And might we...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830851461
• ISBN13: 9780830851461
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"