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Missionary families find a sense of place and identity : two generations on two continents / John S. Benson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benson, John S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church--Missions--Tanzania--History.
- Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church.
- Lutheran Church in America--Missions--Tanzania--History.
- Lutheran Church in America.
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America--Missions--Tanzania--History.
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- Missions--Tanzania.
- Missions.
- Lutheran Church--Missions--Tanzania--History--20th century.
- Lutheran Church.
- Identification (Religion).
- Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Religion and geography.
- Missionaries--Family relationships.
- Missionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Missionary Families Find a Sense of Place and Identity </span><span>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. </span></span>
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE. History of a Mission; CHAPTER TWO. Place and Religion in the Childhoods of the Missionary Generation; CHAPTER THREE. Place and Religion in the Childhoods of the Second Generation; CHAPTER FOUR. The College Experience for Both Generations; CHAPTER FIVE. "The Call" for Two Generations; CHAPTER SIX. Making Sense of an Alien Place: Tanzania; CHAPTER SEVEN. The Adult Lives of the Second Generation: Finding a Partner; CHAPTER EIGHT. The Occupational Choices of the Adult Children of Missionaries
- CHAPTER NINE. The Second Generation Forming Connections to Places as AdultsCHAPTER TEN. Faith of Our Fathers: Living Still?; CHAPTER ELEVEN. Placing Our Lives; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-0486-8
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