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Title: Anthropology from Asian Missiological Insights

Anthropology from Asian Missiological Insights

by Man Soo Mok (Author)
©2013 Monographs XII, 197 Pages
Science, Society & Culture
Series: American University Studies , Volume 328

Summary

Anthropology from Asian Missiological Insights embraces and incorporates a combination of practical experiences, useful strategies, and grounded theories. Readers, regardless of their cultural background, will acquire new practical tools for missions. Man Soo (Abraham) Mok insightfully uses anthropological issues to examine folk beliefs, customs, and commitment. In addition, the author analyzes Korean culture to help readers grasp how the gospel took root in Korea – as it might have happened in any other culture.

Details

Pages
XII, 197
Publication Year
2013
ISBN (PDF)
9781453910214
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433121739
DOI
10.3726/978-1-4539-1021-4
Language
English
Publication date
2013 (May)
Keywords
folk beliefs customs commitment culture
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2013. XII 197 pp.

Biographical notes

Man Soo Mok (Author)

Man Soo (Abraham) Mok, a Korean missionary in Brazil, has written several books in Korean, Portuguese, and English, including Missiology, Theology, and Culture (Korean), Local Church in Mission (Korean, with Gi Hoo Park and Jun Hee Ju), and Antropologia Cultural numa Perspectiva Missionária (Portuguese). Mok has served as a senior pastor (Korean Community Church, California), a lecturer (World Mission University, California), a professor (Brazilian Missionary Training Center), and a researcher (Institute for Asian Mission, California).

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