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Communicating Christ Through Story and Song (SEANET 5)

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Introduction

Contributors

Part I Biblical and Cultural Foundations of Orality in Christian Communication

1. Communication and Continuity Through Oral Transmission by Alex G. Smith

2. Biblical Worship Rediscovered: A Theology for Communicating Basic Christianity by David S. Lim

3. Christian Evangelistic Preaching As Ritual Speech in a Buddhist Context by Frances S. Adeney

4. Feeding Giraffes, Counting Crows and Missing True Learners: The Challenge of Buddhist Oral Communicators by Miriam Adeney

5. Three Reasons Why Christian Witness to Buddhists Has Failed by Terry C. Muck

Part II Communicating Christ Though Story and Song in Buddhist Contexts

6. From the Biblical World to the Buddhist Worldview: Using Biblical Narratives to Impact at the Heart Level by A. Steven Evans

7. The Use for Story and Song in Sinhalese Buddhist Funerals by G.P.V. Somaratna

8. Moving Towards Oral Communication of the Gospel: Experiences from Cambodia by Dale Jones

9. Communicating the Gospel Through Story and Song in Cambodia by Barnabas Mam as told to Bruce Hutchinson

10. Gospel Communication in Tibetan Song by John Oswald

References

Index

Communicating Christ Through Story and Song (SEANET 5)
Orality in Buddhist Contexts
Paul H. De Neui, ed.

Missionaries coming from the so-called literate world have much to learn from the application of principles behind oral communication.  However, many will not hear these principles until they appear in print.  It is for this reason that the Southeast Asian Network (SEANET) proudly presents the fifth volume, Communicating Christ Through Story and Song.  Each of the forum presenters is both practitioner and missological reflector serving in the Buddhist world and is experienced in the areas in which they write.  

Communicating Christ Through Story and Song, the fifth volume in the Buddhist World series, presents models and case studies of communication of the Gospel through orality in Southeast Asia. With contributions from seasoned practitioners working in Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Philippines, this insightful book explores the Biblical foundations – and the cultural imperative – of employing oral tradition to effectively communicate in Buddhist contexts.

May this volume enable the global Christian community to listen and learn from those to whom orality is the main form of communication of the gospel as God's song and story goes on.

Additional Details

  • Pages: 316
  • Publisher: William Carey Publishing
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publish Year: 2018
  • ISBN: 9780878085118
  • Vendor: William Carey Library