Anthropology for Christian Witness

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By Charles H. Kraft. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1997. Pp. xvi, 493. Paperback $25.

In this book, Charles Kraft, a leading evangelical missiological anthropologist, synthesizes what he has learned through twenty-six years of teaching missionary anthropology at Fuller Theological Seminary. It is intended as a basic introduction to cultural anthropology for those involved in cross-cultural ministry. It addresses most of the topics covered in standard anthropology textbooks, but it does so with the constant focus on exploring the missiological implications of each. In each chapter Kraft invites reflection not just on the cultures of those with whom the missionary ministers but …