Missionary Families Find a Sense of Place and Identity - Two Generations on Two Continents

Informationen zum Autor John Benson is professor in the School of Teaching and Learning, Minnesota State University Moorhead. Klappentext Missionary Families Find a Sense of Place and Identity follows the lives of two generations of an American Lutheran missionary community as they live within Tanzania, the United States, and other parts of the world. John Benson compares the lives of the missionary generation to that of their children and focuses on the two themes of connection to place and religious development. Zusammenfassung Missionary Families Find a Sense of Place and Identity follows the lives of two generations of an American Lutheran missionary community as they live within Tanzania! the United States! and other parts of the world. John Benson compares the lives of the missionary generation to that of their children and focuses on the two themes of connection to place and religious development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: History of a MissionChapter 2: Place and Religion in the Childhoods of the Missionary GenerationChapter 3: Place and Religion in the Childhoods of the Second GenerationChapter 4: The College Experience for Both GenerationsChapter 5: "The Call" for Two GenerationsChapter 6: Making Sense of an Alien Place: TanzaniaChapter 7: The Adult Lives of the Second Generation: Finding a PartnerChapter 8: The Occupational Choices of Adult Children of MissionariesChapter 9: The Second Generation Forming Connection to Places as AdultsChapter 10: Faith of Our Fathers Living Still Chapter 11: Placing Our Lives

Product details

• Authors: John S Benson, John S. Benson, Benson John S.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2015
• EAN: 9781498504850
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0485-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Tanzania, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, United States of America, USA, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, Human Geography, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches