Turangawaewae as the Means of Moving from Migrant to Mission Worker: Identification Strategies in Embracing the Context and the People
Abstract Moving into cross-cultural and multi-cultural missions are not for the faint-hearted. The history of missions teaches us that many who were called did not survive to see the fruit of their labour. That was in facing physical trials and death. But for too many Post-Christendom missionaries t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Mission studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-97 |
| Further subjects: | B
Psychological
B Missionary B adapting B emotional B Identification B Migrant B locals B Land |
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| Summary: | Abstract Moving into cross-cultural and multi-cultural missions are not for the faint-hearted. The history of missions teaches us that many who were called did not survive to see the fruit of their labour. That was in facing physical trials and death. But for too many Post-Christendom missionaries their country of call becomes their emotional graveyard. This happens when they struggle with psychological barriers to entering and even re-entering the foreign country and culture where they serve. The importance of establishing a spiritual bond with the foreign land and the local people cannot be overstated. This brings about a shift in valuing oneself as not merely a temporarily ‘migrant’ worker but a called missionary. What are those factors that can support foreign missionaries in their psychological struggles during their initial phase of adapting to their new environment? |
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| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mission studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341775 |