The Christian Century magazine (July 27, 2004 issue) published an article by Dale T. Irvin reviewing two important books recently, one authored by Dr. Lamin Sanneh and the other edited by Dr. Wilbert R. Shenk.
A book that is at the very core of what the ministry to internationals is all about...authored by Christine D. Pohl and published by Eerdmans in 1999...a must read for those befriending international students.
This website introduces you to a host of available resources of the oldest organization focusing exclusively on international student ministries in North America.
The Religions Next Door provides insights into the beliefs of four growing religions in America and educates readers about the danger of believing that all religions hold different variations of the same tenets.
"Crosscultural specialist Patty Lane shows us how to develop hands-on relational skills that help build crosscultural friendships, providing practical resources for navigating multicultural environments with sensitivity and savvy."
Here is a Christian website dedicated to analyzing cults and giving Christian responses to the particular aspects of a given cult that deviates from Christian faith as important points.
A sub-website of Multi-Language Media with a book titled, "They're NOT Christian," by Bill Perry,
which summarizes some of the cults encountered particularly in the western world.
Many missionaries are discovering that more attention and understanding of the Gospel comes to indigenous peoples when common ground between the religions is built rather the Gospel being presented as totally foreign to anything the hearers know.
CHRISTIAN WITNESS in Pluralistic Contexts in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Dr. Enoch Wan, the Evangelical Missiological Society, Series Number 11, was published in 2004 by William Carey Library, Pasadena, CA USA.
Here is a mammouth (731 page paperback) summary of 59 of the current religions and cults, by John Ankerberg John Weldon, published in 1999 by Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, OR.
Recent email exchanges on a network of workers among international students in North America has yielded some interesting recommendations of publications in the area of cross-cultural learning.
A message to a friend inquiring about resource books they could read to get started in comparing the major religions of the world to the Christian faith.
Here is a list of recently published books recommended by an astute judge of evangelical and cross cultural books at the Harvest Logos Bookstore in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Here is a special list of introductory books by Terrell Smith on understanding Islam and being an effective witness for Christ with Muslim students on campus.
Edited by Norman Geisler and Paul Hoffman, Why I Am a Christian offers compelling answers that will help free Christians from doubt and clear away obstacles to faith for unbelievers.
