tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post4935446403381696702..comments2023-11-02T10:38:41.186-05:00Comments on Quotidian Grace: Luncheon ReportJody Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031378214797420014noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-36246766166527413372010-02-09T08:47:52.460-06:002010-02-09T08:47:52.460-06:00GG--
I really don't know where your missiolog...GG--<br /><br />I really don't know where your missiology professor was coming from when he/she described Mortenson as imposing his ideas on a people and culture about which he knows nothing. I don't see how you could read these books or hear Mortenson speak and come to this conclusion.<br /><br />Mortenson, who grew up in Africa as the son of Lutheran missionaries, emphasizes the importance of listening to the people and honoring their culture and taking the time to do this so that his own efforts are in partnership with the people and not as a benevolent foreigner bestowing gifts. <br /><br />His own father lost his position in Africa for advocating the empowerment of the local people in the administration of the hospital he founded. This example really shaped his thinking as he refers to it in both his books and spoke about it yesterday in his speech.<br /><br />Today all the work actually done by the CAI is done by Afghans and Pakistanis. I noticed that most of the CAI staff that was on hand yesterday are clearly either Pakistani/Afghani natives or of that descent. <br /><br />Your missiology professor seems stuck in an anti-missionary progressivist worldview.Jody Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031378214797420014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-13520701242192761702010-02-09T08:16:36.533-06:002010-02-09T08:16:36.533-06:00I am so glad you posted this.
Our missiology prof...I am so glad you posted this.<br /><br />Our missiology professor said a couple of weeks ago that there has been a lot of anger over these books by Afghan and Pakistani people -- over the "bountiful American goes and imposes his idea of help on people about whose history and culture he knows nothing." So I was waiting with great anticipation for your review.<br /><br />I am so glad to hear about the positive response by the women of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Now I wonder about the professor's sources.<br /><br />I am also quite struck by the motto about educating women. My grandmother was a graduate of Mt. Holyoke, and I once saw a similar caption in her alumnae magazine. I think the second half was "Educate a woman and you educate a family." At that time (quite some time ago!) it seemed to reference the 1950s concept of women's place being in the home, the argument being that it was still worthwhile to educate a woman even though one did not expect her to leave the house, not really.<br /><br />I suppose that at that time one didn't really talk in public about the importance and far-reaching influence of the work that all women did, no matter how "traditional" it looked.Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-59862919463928731822010-02-09T08:14:56.290-06:002010-02-09T08:14:56.290-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-28518231521597284952010-02-08T15:27:44.772-06:002010-02-08T15:27:44.772-06:00This sounds wonderful ... wish I could have been ...This sounds wonderful ... wish I could have been there too!Rev SShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661507940053055640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-20584901025389838732010-02-08T15:12:13.651-06:002010-02-08T15:12:13.651-06:00I'm so glad I went today -- thanks Mom for inv...I'm so glad I went today -- thanks Mom for inviting me! Definitely a reminder of both how lucky I have been to be born priveleged and in the US and of our collective responsibility to help other women achieve what I have been given.Averillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758556623588696377noreply@blogger.com