Challenged by Different Ways of Seeing
Why we need to understand shame, fear, and guilt cultures.
Why we need to understand shame, fear, and guilt cultures.
Learning to read the book of Romans with a broader cultural lens.
Combining research from Asian scholars with his many years of experience living and working in East Asia, Jackson directs our attention to Paul's letter to the Romans. He argues that some traditional East Asian cultural values are closer to those of the first-century biblical world than common Western cultural values. In addition, he adds his voice to the scholarship engaging the values of honor and shame in particular and their influence on biblical interpretation.
Following up on Chinese Christians after their expat colleagues had to leave.
A tool for understanding the need to contextualize ministry in light of different types of cultures.
To a Japanese professor with Chinese scholars, a Chinese businesswoman with a German officemate, a teacher’s aide, a group of musicians, a retired neighbor and so many others, “Thank you, for helping me have a faith without borders.”
For many years I had a scroll hanging on my wall with the Chinese characters for faith, hope, and love. If the Biblical admonition to be salt and light includes our home decorations, well, this little piece of parchment was salty indeed.
A ten-week Bible study that encourages the internationally mobile to turn to see what the Bible says about transition.
One of the least discussed aspects of the expatriate’s experience is the role of the home support community, particularly that of the home church.
There are no short cuts to advancing Christ’s kingdom. He will not allow us to bypass kingdom community and relationships in the name of kingdom results.
This publication is a collection of selected essays written by Huo Shui over the years and previously published in ChinaSource Quarterly.
Key articles that have been published previously in the ChinaSource Quarterly, that treat current issues which will continue to be relevant in the future, are listed within the category to which they pertain. Also included is one full-length article dealing with change.