Cross cultural connections : [manuscript] : stepping out and fitting in around the world /
Elmer, Duane, 1943-
Cross cultural connections : stepping out and fitting in around the world / [manuscript] : Duane Elmer. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2002. - 215 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-215)
Monkeys, mission, and us -- Your part of God's story -- Right, wrong, and different -- Culture is everywhere, and it sneaks up on you -- Culture shocks -- Identifying expectations -- Square heads and round heads -- Cultural adjustment map -- Openness : how to be approachable -- Acceptance : how to be positive -- Trust : how to build strong relationships -- Skills for cross-cultural effectiveness -- Time and event -- Task and relationship -- Individualism and collectivism -- Categorical and holistic thinking -- Logic : straight or curved -- Achieved status and ascribed status -- Guilt and shame -- Worship expression : from low to high -- Re-entry : you are never the same.
0830823093 (pbk.)
2002005715
Intercultural communication--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christianity and culture.
Missions--Theory.
BV2082.I57 / E46 2002
261
Cross cultural connections : stepping out and fitting in around the world / [manuscript] : Duane Elmer. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2002. - 215 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-215)
Monkeys, mission, and us -- Your part of God's story -- Right, wrong, and different -- Culture is everywhere, and it sneaks up on you -- Culture shocks -- Identifying expectations -- Square heads and round heads -- Cultural adjustment map -- Openness : how to be approachable -- Acceptance : how to be positive -- Trust : how to build strong relationships -- Skills for cross-cultural effectiveness -- Time and event -- Task and relationship -- Individualism and collectivism -- Categorical and holistic thinking -- Logic : straight or curved -- Achieved status and ascribed status -- Guilt and shame -- Worship expression : from low to high -- Re-entry : you are never the same.
0830823093 (pbk.)
2002005715
Intercultural communication--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christianity and culture.
Missions--Theory.
BV2082.I57 / E46 2002
261