Contents Preface 4 Introduction 6 Using Case Studies in Missions Part 1: Idols and Ancestors 11 The Ancestral Feast 13 Greg Roth 15 Mamoru B. Ogata Grandmother’s Funeral A Wedding in the 17 David Wang People’s Republic of China Family Gods 19 Paul G. Hiebert Food Offered to Idols 22 Simon P David The Neighborhood Celebration 23 Anonymous Part 2: Women and Men 25 The Law of Liberty Versus the Law of Love 29 Bobbie Pendell Pastoral Counseling for an Abused Wife 32 Frances F. Hiebert Wife Beating 35 William A. Benner The Marriage Tangle 37 Gladwin Jaykar Too Many Wives 39 Paul G. Hiebert Adultery or Polygamy? 42 Stephen Asonibare The Christian Polygamist 45 Samuel Nkulila Love Him or Leave Him? 48 Evelyn Jensen Onions and Wives 51 Roger David Heeren Should Mrs. Leung Submit? 53 Ho, Kai-Ming Part 3: Traditional Customs 55 Can a Christian Celebrate Diwali? 58 Simon P David Fit for the Kingdom? 60 Robert D. Newton Banana Beer in Burundi 63 Nzohabonayo Ferdinand The Communal Feast 66 Denis J. Green To Drink or Not to Drink? 68 Dennis Teague The Triumph of the Chiefmakers 70 Wilson Awasu The Threat of the Spirit Dancers 72 Georgia R. Grimes How Should Bashir Be Buried? 76 Syed Ratique Uddin Part 4: Sickness and Death 79 Death 81 Joanne A. Wagner Nemon’s The Death of Manuel Vasquez 83 Larry W. Caldwell What Is Wrong with Auntie Mansah? 86 Daniel Tei-Kwabla A Sacrifice to the Goddess of Smallpox 89 Paul G. Hiebert Drought 91 R. T. Part 5: Finances and Bribery 93 To Bribe or Not to Bribe? 95 Teg Chin Go Elusive Justice 97 Keith Hinton Fuel for the Water Pump 99 Anonymous
Contents Preface 4 Introduction Using Case Studies in Missions 6 Part 1: Idols and Ancestors 11 The Ancestral Feast Greg Roth 13 Grandmother’s Funeral Mamoru B. Ogata 15 A Wedding in the People’s Republic of China David Wang 17 Family Gods Paul G. Hiebert 19 Food Offered to Idols Simon P David 22 The Neighborhood Celebration Anonymous 23 Part 2: Women and Men 25 The Law of Liberty Versus the Law of Love Bobbie Pendell 29 Pastoral Counseling for an Abused Wife Frances F. Hiebert 32 Wife Beating William A. Benner 35 The Marriage Tangle Gladwin Jaykar 37 Too Many Wives Paul G. Hiebert 39 Adultery or Polygamy? Stephen Asonibare 42 The Christian Polygamist Samuel Nkulila 45 Love Him or Leave Him? Evelyn Jensen 48 Onions and Wives Roger David Heeren 51 Should Mrs. Leung Submit? Ho, Kai-Ming 53 Part 3: Traditional Customs 55 Can a Christian Celebrate Diwali? Simon P David 58 Fit for the Kingdom? Robert D. Newton 60 Banana Beer in Burundi Nzohabonayo Ferdinand 63 The Communal Feast Denis J. Green 66 To Drink or Not to Drink? Dennis Teague 68 The Triumph of the Chiefmakers Wilson Awasu 70 The Threat of the Spirit Dancers Georgia R. Grimes 72 How Should Bashir Be Buried? Syed Ratique Uddin 76 Part 4: Sickness and Death 79 Nemon’s Death Joanne A. Wagner 81 The Death of Manuel Vasquez Larry W. Caldwell 83 What Is Wrong with Auntie Mansah? Daniel Tei-Kwabla 86 A Sacrifice to the Goddess of Smallpox Paul G. Hiebert 89 Drought R. T. 91 Part 5: Finances and Bribery 93 To Bribe or Not to Bribe? Teg Chin Go 95 Elusive Justice Keith Hinton 97 Fuel for the Water Pump Anonymous 99