
Shrewd as a Snake, Innocent as a Dove: The Ethics of Missionary Dissimulation and Subterfuge
Macro and micro ethical issues of tentmaking, contextualization, and contextual movements among Messianic Jews and Muslims.

Macro and micro ethical issues of tentmaking, contextualization, and contextual movements among Messianic Jews and Muslims.
by Ross Hastings Intervarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426, 355 pages, 2012, $24.00. —Reviewed by JR Rozko, director of operations & advancement at Missio Alliance. Hastings

The study of rest and Sabbath necessitates not only research for validation, but more importantly, a qualitative approach steeped in experiential learning and practice.
by Kathryn Ann Kraft Regnum Books International, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HR, UK, pp. 142, 2012, $20.00. —Reviewed by Tim Green, who has thirty

Comprehensive survey of potential medical missionaries reveals significant challenges in the days to come.
by Brian M. Howell IVP Academic, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL, 60515, pp. 236, 2012, $20.00. —Reviewed by Sarita D. Gallagher, assistant professor of religion at George Fox

A practical, three-stage checklist that workers in transition might use as a way of identifying where they are and what lies ahead.
by Arto Hämäläinen Pathway Press, 1080 Montgomery Avenue, Cleveland, TN 37311, 337 pages,2012, $19.95. —Reviewed by Robert L. Gallagher, director of the MA in Intercultural Studies program, and associate

A broad look at ethnic and cultural diversity, principles in relation to diversity, and challenges for those in global settings today.
by Paul Borthwick InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL, 209 pages, 2012, $15.00. —Reviewed by Paul W. Shea, associate professor of missions at Houghton College; formerly in
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