Contextualizing Missionary and National Identity
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Contextualizing Missionary and National Identity

A Study of Czech Protestant Missionary Identity Among Slavs in the Western Balkans

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Contextualizing Missionary and National Identity

A Study of Czech Protestant Missionary Identity Among Slavs in the Western Balkans

About this book

Missionaries are called to cross boundaries for the sake of the gospel, adapting to new contexts and becoming "all things to all people." In such a role, how are missionaries to negotiate their own national identities? Do they simply suppress them or can such identities, rightly understood, be harnessed for the glory of Christ? In this study of the national facet of missionary identity, Dr. David Symon examines the specific example of Protestant Czech missionaries serving in the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Through interviews and related primary sources, including personal diaries, Symon demonstrates that an awareness of Czech national identity and its interplay with other facets of missionary identity can actually serve as a tool to reduce prejudice and increase effective contextualization for those ministering among Slavs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. While centered on the context of mission in the Western Balkans, this book has implications for anyone engaged in international ministry for the sake of the gospel.

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Information

Publisher
Langham Academic
Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9781786412904
Print ISBN
9781839739705
Subtopic
Christian Denominations

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Abstract
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Chapter 1: Introduction
  8. Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework for the Study of How Czech Missionaries Negotiate Their Identity in the Former Yugoslav Countries
  9. Chapter 3: Methodology
  10. Chapter 4: Cross-Cultural Dimensions for Czech Missionaries in Former Yugoslav Countries
  11. Chapter 5: Czech Missionaries’ Czech Identity Salience and Suppression in Their Interaction With Slavs in Former Yugoslav Countries
  12. Chapter 6: Discussion of Czech Identity in Mission in Former Yugoslav Countries
  13. Chapter 7: Czech Missionaries Negotiating Multiple Identity Facets
  14. Chapter 8: Interrelations of “Czechness” With Other Identity Facets: Discussion of Social Identity Complexity
  15. Chapter 9: Conclusion
  16. Appendices
  17. Bibliography
  18. About Langham Partnership
  19. Endnotes

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