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When Helping Works: Alleviating Fear and Pain in Global Missions

When Helping Works: Alleviating Fear and Pain in Global Missions

Badriaki, Michael Bamwesigye
Woodley, Randy S.

Hardcover

Christian LivingGeneral ChristianityGeneral Education

Publisher Price: $45.00

ISBN10: 1532608950
ISBN13: 9781532608957
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: May 3 2017
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Today, people from various parts of the world who are interested in helping fellow human beings impacted by famine, epidemics, wars, and poverty are uniquely positioned. They are interconnected due to globalization's impact, which also has implications for intercultural work and global missions. The ability to help people is a constructive asset, which calls for the need to build friendships and partnerships across the globe. Helping well depends on a number of factors, yet this book looks into the impact of stereotype threat and its effects on intercultural identities, the perceptions of others, and performance in intercultural missions. Human interactions continue to suffer due to fears, anxious reactions about confirming negative stereotypes about a person's identity, abilities, and effectiveness in global missions. Stereotype threat happens when caricatures and negative understandings about people's identities are invoked.

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