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From the Alps to the Pampas: The Missionary Work of Jean Vuilleumier in South America (1895-1901)
Get PDFMegan Case Senior Oboe Recital
Get PDFMegan Case presents her senior oboe and English horn recital!
It features works by Poulenc, Francois, Gipps, Britten, Borowski, and Vaughan Williams.
Accompanied by Nathaniel Miller and Curtis Johnson.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/seniors-2023-2024/1003/thumbnail.jp
Identity and Rituals of South Asian Communities in Africa: A Missiological Analysis
Get PDFThere is a sizable Indian population throughout sub-Saharan Africa. A majority of the Indian population are practicing Hindus. For Hindus, ritual is a significant part of their faith tradition, often the most important. In Africa, where they are a minority, Indians often cling to these rituals to maintain their identity as both Indian and Hindu. To share Christ among Indians in Africa, a robust understanding of ritual is required. While many Africans have thought about ritual from their cultural backgrounds, Seventh-day Adventist Africans have yet to do as much reflection on the role of ritual and faith. Adventists in Africa must rethink their understanding of rituals from a biblical perspective to better relate to their Hindu neighbors and potentially understand God in new ways. Combining this with long-term, meaningful relationships with the Indians in their communities may lead to greater understanding between each other and a deeper understanding of who God is
Paul’s Observance of the Sabbath in Acts of the Apostles as a Marker of Continuity Between Judaism and Early Christianity
No full textCulture, Reality, and Belief
No full textAs announced, Ante and Oliver debrief their experience teaching a one-week intensive course to ministry practitioners and other interested people. After sharing some practical insights and lessons learned, they veer into discussing the relationship of belief and culture, how culture might be helpfully defined as engagement with reality, how, accordingly, we have culture wherever we have reality, how attunement to culture so defined might help us understand why some beliefs and practices become irrelevant to people, how that is exemplified, among other, in the way people relate to the sanctuary doctrine, the way that could be rectified, and how a rethinking of the creation narrative and the image of the garden could be great help in that regard