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Drawing on the anthropology of tourism and pilgrimage, he shows how short-term mission (STM) combines these elements with Christian purposes of mission to create its own distinct narrative. He provides a careful historical survey of the development of STM and then offers an in-depth ethnographic study of a particular mission trip to the Dominican Republic. He explores how participants remember and interpret their experiences, and he unpacks the implications for how North American churches unders

Author

Brian M. Howell

Publisher

Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781461938958

Subjects

Religion, Christian

Updated

2026-03-25