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I just finished putting together a bibliography of the resources I am going to use for the Intercultural Studies class I am teaching at Vanguard College this winter session. It is a rather long list, but you may be interested in looking at it.

They say that, “Leaders are Readers“. So hit the ‘read more’ link to find the titles of some books I recommend.

Abley, Mark. Spoken Here: Travels among threatened languages.

Canada: Random House, 2003.
Adbusters: Journal of the Mental Environment. Vol. 11 No. 1: Jan/Feb 2003.
Adbusters: Journal of the Mental Environment. Vol. 11 No. 2: Mar/Apr 2003.
Adbusters: Journal of the Mental Environment. Vol. 12 No. 2: Mar/Apr 2004.
Adbusters: Journal of the Mental Environment. Vol. 12 No. 4: Jul/Aug 2004.
Adbusters: Journal of the Mental Environment. Vol. 13 No. 1: Jan/Feb 2005.
AIMS � Association of International

Mission Services. Short-term Missions Training – Key to Success

Virginia Beach, 1989
Alington, Cyril. Doubts and Difficulties.

London, UK: Longmans, Green and Co., 1929.
Boehme, Ron. If God has a plan for my life, why can�t I find it?

Seattle, WA: YWAM, 1992.
Bourdain, Anthony. A Cooks�s Tour: in search of the perfect meal.

Vancouver, BC: Raincoast books, 2001.
Brand, Dr. Paul & Philip Yancy. Fearfully and Wonderfully Made.

Secunderabad, India: O M books, 1980.
Brand, Dr. Paul & Philip Yancy. In His Image.

Secunderabad, India: O M books, 1984.
Brooks, Geraldine Brooks. Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women.

New York, NY: Anchor books, 1995.
Chamberlin, J. Edward. If this is your land, where are your stories? Finding common ground.

Toronto, ON: Alfred A Knopf, 2003.
Cook, Charles A. Kick-start your World! Refocus and integrate.

Regina, SK: Kick-start Publications, 2002.
Cope, Landa. Clearly Communicating Christ: Breaking down barriers to effective communication. Settle, WA: YWAM, 1995. Coupland, Douglas. Life After God.

New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1994.

Craig, James D. Destination Study. The National Youth Ministries Department, The Pentecostal Assemblies of

Canada, 1989

Dallaire, LGen. Romeo with Major Brent Beardsley. Shake Hands with the Devil: The failure of humanity in

Rwanda.

Toronto, ON: Random House, 2003.

Eagle, Craig. Lecture Material. (1991-1993)

Easterday, Doug. Lecture Material. (September 8-10, 1991)

Edwards, Gene. Letters to a Devastated Christian.

Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House, 1984.

Elements of a Christian Worldview. Palmer, Michael D. ed.

Springfield, MO: Logion Press, 1998.

Engel, James F. And Dyrness, William A. Changing The Mind Of Missions: Where Have We Gone Wrong?

Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.

Forward, David C. The Essential Guide to the Short Term

Mission Trip.

Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1998.

Gascoigne, Bamber. A Brief History of Christianity.

London, UK: Constable and Robinson, 1977.

Halevi, Yossi Klein. At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew�s search fo God with Christians and Muslims in the

Holy Land.

New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2001.

Hawley, Jack. The Bhagavad Gita: A walkthrough for westerners. Novato, CA:

New World Library, 2001.

Jordan, Peter. Re-entry: Making the transition from missions to life at home.

Seattle, WA: YWAM, 1992.

Journey of Healing: Surviving my education. A Canadian Aboriginal Residential School Documentary.

Lethbridge, Dorothy producer. DVD. Storyteller Media, 2004.

Keidel, Levi. Conflict or Connection: InterpersonalRelationships in Cross-cultural Settings.

Wheaton, IL: Evangelical Missions Information Service, 1996.

Kingsolver, Barbara. The Poisonwood Bible.

New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1998.

Lane, Patty. A Beginners Guide to Crossing Cultures.

Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2002.

Martel, Yann. Life of Pi. Toronto, ON: Vintage

Canada, 2001.

McCall, Bob. Lecture Material. (September 28-30, 1992)

McLaren, Brian D. a Generous Orthodoxy: WHY I AM A missional + evangelical + post/protestant + liberal/conservative + mystical/poetic + biblical + charismatic/contemplative + fundamentalist/calvinisti + Anabaptist/Anglican + Methodist + catholic + green + incarnational + depressed-yet-hopeful + emergent + unfinished CHRISTIAN.

El Cajon, CA: Youth specialties, 2004.

McLaren, Brian D. A new kind of Christian.

San Fransisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

Merton, Thomas. Seeds. Inchausti, Robert ed.

Boston, MA: Shambhala, 2002.
Mistry, Rohinton. Family Matters.

Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 2002.

Miley, George. Loving the Church: Blessing the Nations.

Waynesboro, GA: Gabriel Publishing, 2003.

Postmission: world mission by a postmodern generation. Tiplady, Richard, ed. Cumbria,

UK: Paternoster Press, 2002.

Peck, M. Scott. In Search of Stones: A pilgrimage of faith, reason and discovery.

New York, NY: Hyperion, 1995.

Ryrie, Charles. So Great Salvation.

USA: Victor Books, 1989

Saved! Dannelly, Brian producer. DVD. United Artists, 2004.

Sider, Ronald J. Good News and Good Works. A theology for the whole Gospel.

Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1993.

Staub, Dick. Too Christian, Too Pagan: How to love the world without falling for it.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2000.

Stiles, J. Mack and Leeann. Mack and Leeann�s Guide to Short-Term Missions.

Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.

The Door Magazine. Issue No. 188: July/August 2003.
The Door Magazine. Issue No. 190: November/December 2003.
The Door Magazine. Issue No. 191: January/February 2004.

The Koran. Dawood, N. J. trans.

London, UK: Penguin Books, 1956.

Yancey, Philip. Soul Survivor: How my faith survived the church.

New York, NY: Doubleday, 2001.

If you are still reading this list, call me for a prize … that is some real perseverance!

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