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Transformations at the edge of the world : forming global Christians through the study abroad experience / Ronald J. Morgan and Cynthia Toms Smedley, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Abilene, Tex. : Abilene Christian University Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (271 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780891128229
  • 0891128220
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 370.116 22
LOC classification:
  • LB2376 .T63 2010
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Foreword / Ken Bussema -- Introduction / Cynthia Toms Smedley -- Part I. The journey inward -- ch. 1. Doors to transformation / Janine Paden Morgan -- ch. 2. Students abroad as tourists and pilgrims / John D. Barbour -- ch. 3. Reflection as a means of discovery : where is God in the experience? / Andrea Smith Shappell -- ch. 4. Seizing the God appointments when there is cultural disorientation in a study abroad program / Lon Fendall -- Part II. Inward journey to outward living : community teacher -- ch. 5. New monasticism meets Renaissance bottega : Gordon College's semester program in Orvieto, Italy / John Skillen -- ch. 6. An intentional Roman Catholic community : integrating faith, reason, and service at the heart of the Church / Don Briel -- Part III. Coming face to face with social other : bridging intercommunal divides -- ch. 7. With open eyes : cultivating world Christians through intercultural awareness / Laura Montgomery and Mary Docter -- ch. 8. Who is my neighbor? : forming kingdom people in a world of conflict / Ronald J. Morgan -- ch. 9. Middle Eastern mirrors for the children of empire / David Holt -- ch. 10. San Francisco Urban Program : encountering America's future-tense / Scott McClelland, Karen Andrews, and Brad Berky -- Part IV. The year of the Lord's good favor : cultivating solidarity with the global poor -- ch. 11. Learning from slums : study and service in a solidarity with the world's urban poor / Richard Slimbach -- ch. 12. The phenomenology of a Christian environmental Study Abroad Program / Chris Elisara -- ch. 13. The study service term : an alignment of a religious tradition with an academic program / Thomas J. Meyers -- Conclusion : toward successful transformations / Ronald J. Morgan -- Appendix : liturgies for study abroad / Janine Paden Morgan.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)514427

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-271).

Foreword / Ken Bussema -- Introduction / Cynthia Toms Smedley -- Part I. The journey inward -- ch. 1. Doors to transformation / Janine Paden Morgan -- ch. 2. Students abroad as tourists and pilgrims / John D. Barbour -- ch. 3. Reflection as a means of discovery : where is God in the experience? / Andrea Smith Shappell -- ch. 4. Seizing the God appointments when there is cultural disorientation in a study abroad program / Lon Fendall -- Part II. Inward journey to outward living : community teacher -- ch. 5. New monasticism meets Renaissance bottega : Gordon College's semester program in Orvieto, Italy / John Skillen -- ch. 6. An intentional Roman Catholic community : integrating faith, reason, and service at the heart of the Church / Don Briel -- Part III. Coming face to face with social other : bridging intercommunal divides -- ch. 7. With open eyes : cultivating world Christians through intercultural awareness / Laura Montgomery and Mary Docter -- ch. 8. Who is my neighbor? : forming kingdom people in a world of conflict / Ronald J. Morgan -- ch. 9. Middle Eastern mirrors for the children of empire / David Holt -- ch. 10. San Francisco Urban Program : encountering America's future-tense / Scott McClelland, Karen Andrews, and Brad Berky -- Part IV. The year of the Lord's good favor : cultivating solidarity with the global poor -- ch. 11. Learning from slums : study and service in a solidarity with the world's urban poor / Richard Slimbach -- ch. 12. The phenomenology of a Christian environmental Study Abroad Program / Chris Elisara -- ch. 13. The study service term : an alignment of a religious tradition with an academic program / Thomas J. Meyers -- Conclusion : toward successful transformations / Ronald J. Morgan -- Appendix : liturgies for study abroad / Janine Paden Morgan.

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