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LEADER: 01566cam a2200241 a 4500
001 2012027645
003 DLC
005 20130329083045.0
008 120806s2012 ilu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012027645
020 $a9780830839735 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0830839739 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBV2082.S56$bH69 2012
082 00 $a266/.02373$223
100 1 $aHowell, Brian M.
245 10 $aShort-term mission :$ban ethnography of Christian travel narrative and experience /$cBrian M. Howell.
260 $aDowners Grove, IL :$bIVP Academic,$cc2012.
300 $a256 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-254) and indexes.
505 0 $a"It changed my life": short-term mission and Christian narratives of travel -- "Are you for them or against them?": defining short-term mission -- That's no missionary!": redefining mission and the missionary establishment -- "Youth try the impossible!": youth movements and short-term mission -- "It will change your life": short-term mission and Central Wheaton Church -- "Remember, these are real missions": embodying a missionary narrative at Central Wheaton Church -- "Pour out your soul": living the narrative of short-term mission -- "Of course you always grow close to God on a mission trip": (re)narrating short-term mission -- "Just bring greetings": creating a new narrative for short-term mission -- "And what does the Lord require of you?": suggestions and an encouraging postscript.
650 0 $aShort-term missions.