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Title: The Bush Was Blazing but Not Consumed: Developing a Multicultural Community Through Dialogue and Liturgy by Eric H. F. Law ISBN: 0-8272-0222-9 Publisher: Chalice Press Pub. Date: November, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Very Good Volume 2
Comment: A great follow up to Rev. Law's first book, "The Wolf Shall Dwell With The Lamb." Highly recommended for people who work in a multi-racial faith community.
Rating: 4
Summary: Valuable Aid to Those Working in Multi-cultural Communities
Comment: A follow-up to the author's "The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb" this volume picks up on the earlier work and presents helpful techniques for those who work with peoples from varying cultural backgrounds, particularly when there is conflict or misunderstanding between groups. An earlier review is apparently written by a reader who assumes that anyone who has a differing background is inferior -- this is exactly the mindset that is counter-productive when working among diverse cultures. I would highly recommend the readers begin with the earlier work as it is referenced extensively in this volume.
Rating: 1
Summary: The Obsession: To Promote An Anything-but-American Identity
Comment: The American melting pot concept, to this Asian author's mind, is nothing more than a devious plot devised by European Americans to enourage conformity and to destroy the very nature of what makes minority cultures in this country so unique. He promotes, "...the need for minority communities to separate themselves from the historically dominant culture in order to defend and regain their own community identities and build self-esteem."
The reality is that every racial and ethnic inheritance is an accident of birth -- this is what religion helps our children remember, and what Mr. Law wants them to forget. (Perhaps only a person in possession of a negative cultural identity could understand why a parent would wish for their children to be rid of it.) While programs that help minorities maintain strong ethnic and racial identities feed the adult ego, they can rob children of an opportunity to discover anything of universal importance.
It is Law's view that America is a multicultural country made up of monocultural people. He totally misunderstands America. The real gift of America is the complex, multicultural individual. I am like no one else, and no one else is like me.
Many things are possible in America, but maintaining and nourishing the identity of a single race or a single culture for an indefinite period of time is not one of them. There is a far greater truth in the plural. There is also a greater probability for human kindness and justice.
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Title: The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community by Eric H. F. Law ISBN: 082724231X Publisher: Chalice Press Pub. Date: August, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Inclusion: Making Room for Grace by Eric H. F. Law ISBN: 0827216203 Publisher: Chalice Press Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Sacred Acts, Holy Change: Faithful Diversity and Practical Transformation by Eric H. F. Law ISBN: 082723452X Publisher: Chalice Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Talking About Cultural Diversity in Your Church: Gifts and Challenges by Michael V. Angrosino ISBN: 0759101795 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (non NBN) Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Where the Nations Meet: The Church in a Multicultural World by Stephen A. Rhodes ISBN: 0830819363 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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