TY - BOOK AU - Elmer, Duane TI - Cross-cultural Conflict: Building Relationships for Effective Ministry SN - 97808308165760830816577 AV - BV2091 .E55 1993 PY - 1993/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. : PB - InterVarsity Press, KW - Conflict management—Religious aspects—Christianity.Missionaries—Training of.Intergroup relations N1 - pt. 1: Understanding conflict and culture -- The amazing contours of conflict -- Cultural diversity was God's idea (and so was unity) -- Handling conflict the American way -- Conflict and cultural values -- pt. 2: Cultural diversity and conflict resolution -- Mediation and the mediator -- The one-down position and vulnerability -- Storytelling and proverbs -- Inaction, misdirection, silence and indefinite persons -- pt. 3: Implications for the gospel message -- Communicating the gospel across cultures -- Power and winning : the twin diseases -- Communication principles for conflict resolution : a case study from Joshua -- Principles for managing conflict ER -