In a refugee community in the southern United States, Korean, Syrian, Tedim Burmese, and Caucasian Americans meditated on I Corinthians 12 before crafting a multicultural song that intermingled common chord progressions, counter and overlapping melodies, and the languages of all represented participants. Proskuneo’s songwriters had accomplished their goal of culturally appropriate worship for a diverse…
Thomas Nelson announced today that the title Evangelicals Around the World: A Global Handbook for the 21st Century received the Gold Award for Education Resources in the third annual Illumination Book Awards. Together with his team of multi-disciplined scholars, writers, and leaders, general editor Dr. Brian C. Stiller provides a comprehensive history of evangelical Christianity…
The GEN Board welcomes Josh Davis this year! The entire Board met May 20-21, 2016, in Dallas, TX.
GEN has collaborated with the International Orality Network to produce a volume of the Orality Journal focused exclusively on the use of ethnoarts in oral contexts. You’ll find articles and pictures from many GEN associates and other ethnoarts proponents, artists, and scholars working around the world. Look for a second Arts & Orality journal volume…