{"id":12604,"date":"2023-12-27T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=12604"},"modified":"2023-12-26T17:10:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T01:10:17","slug":"afghan-mountain-faith-stories-of-justice-beauty-and-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=12604","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Mountain Faith, Stories of Justice, Beauty, and Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Afghan Mountain Faith: Stories of Justice, Beauty, and Relationships<\/em>, by Miriam Adeney and Rashid Aalish. William Carey Publishing, 2023. 150 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve supported work in Afghanistan, served in the country, or ministered to Afghan refugees\u2014or if you plan to\u2014you\u2019ll find this book a great resource. In providing a concise introduction to Afghanistan and Afghan people, it explores the country\u2019s history and provides keys to understanding the cultural and religious backdrop. Refugee stories and testimonies of Afghan Christians bring it all to life. This book is fairly short but provides plenty of nuance and is beautifully written. I really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionbooks.org\/collections\/new-release-books\/products\/afghan-mountain-faith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more and get the ebook edition for US$7.99 or pay $13.99 for a paperback copy<\/a>. See also the publisher\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/missionbooks.org\/blogs\/news\/top-books-of-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top Books of 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, Ellen at Catalyst Services polls readers about books they&#8217;ve read. See <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/catalystservices.org\/best-missions-books-of-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Missions Books of 2023<\/a>. Find your next great read!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Afghan_MountainFaith_CVR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Afghan_MountainFaith_CVR-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Afghan_MountainFaith_CVR-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Afghan_MountainFaith_CVR-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Afghan_MountainFaith_CVR-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Afghan_MountainFaith_CVR-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Afghan_MountainFaith_CVR-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Afghan_MountainFaith_CVR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghan Mountain Faith: Stories of Justice, Beauty, and Relationships, by Miriam Adeney and Rashid Aalish. William Carey Publishing, 2023. 150 pages. If you\u2019ve supported work in Afghanistan, served in the country, or ministered to Afghan refugees\u2014or if you plan to\u2014you\u2019ll find this book a great resource. In providing a concise introduction to Afghanistan and Afghan &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=12604\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Afghan Mountain Faith, Stories of Justice, Beauty, and Relationships<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12606,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12604\/revisions\/12606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}