Rich L. Starcher

Connected Learning

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Being a consummate literate-preference learner, I used to struggle to grasp the importance of understanding orality and oral teaching methods. People like Dr. L. Lynn Thigpen are a huge help to people like me. She opens our eyes to the world of oral learners and shows us how to facilitate their acquisition of new knowledge, values, and skills. Dr. Thigpen’s book is a significant contribution to a growing body of literature on orality and oral learners.”

Explaining the Practice of Elevating an Ancestor for Veneration

World Religions

“Shakwelele has made a significant contribution to scholarship on global Christianity. He has not only enhanced our understanding of the Bisa people of Zambia, but he also has advanced our comprehension of ancestor veneration as practiced throughout the world. However, perhaps more importantly, his study illustrates beautifully the narrow divide between syncretism and ubiquitous hybridity among newer adopters of the Christian faith. I recommend this work to all scholars and practitioners interested in the expansion of contemporary Christianity.”

Playing by the Rules

Evangelism & Missions

“I highly recommend Playing by the Rules to every male who has a leadership role in an evangelical mission organization. While the monograph meticulously describes and explains women’s leadership experiences in evangelical mission organizations, it also makes crystal clear the key to freeing female mission leaders to realize their full potential. Male leaders must work steadily and intentionally to change their organizations’ patriarchal cultures. The underutilization of women in missional leadership, apart from issues of injustice, is just bad stewardship.”

The French Huguenots and Wars of Religion

History & Biography

“Stephen Davis revisits the history of Protestantism in France with integrity and scholarly passion. The story of the Huguenots is as timely as it is important, as William Edgar underscores in the book’s foreword. Davis’ writing is clear, rendering the book highly accessible even to newcomers to European church history. Its relative brevity makes it attractive as a supplemental textbook in seminary courses that cover the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.”

Understanding Burnout Recovery Among Native-Born Korean Missionaries

Evangelism & Missions

“Hannah Cho’s work on Korean missionary burnout recovery flows from personal experience, love for missionaries, and solid scholarship. She knows what she is writing about! She goes beyond describing a problem to propose a path to healing. While Dr. Cho focused on Korean missionaries, her findings are not just helpful to Koreans. Her insights into burnout recovery transfer well to other cultures and contexts. Missionary member care workers everywhere would do well to read this book.”