{"id":7233,"date":"2017-06-28T07:05:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T11:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7233"},"modified":"2017-06-26T14:53:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T18:53:22","slug":"book-new-release-about-the-global-refugee-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7233","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: New Release about the Global Refugee Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7234\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CindyWu-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"CindyWu book cover\" width=\"346\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CindyWu-book-cover.jpg 346w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CindyWu-book-cover-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/>Source: William Carey Library<\/p>\n<p><em>A Better Country: Embracing the Refugees in our Midst<\/em>, by Cindy Wu. William Carey Library, 2017. Paperback; 98 pages.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"freeTextContainer14813448453270085487\">This study aims to help Christians in the US think theologically and practically about the global refugee crisis.<\/span> It\u2019s set up as a workbook for personal or group study but could also be used as a reference work, being particularly strong on data, with history, facts, charts, quotes, etc., and sources carefully cited. Includes up-to-date lists of refugee advocacy and assistance organizations as well as recommended books, articles, simulations, and documentaries (20 of them!) about refugees.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/5yLZrcF\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/5yLZrcF\">Purchase from Amazon<\/a> (or elsewhere) for $11.99.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Readers might also be interested in two other new books related to world mission: <a href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/cO0kqxM\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/cO0kqxM\">Break Open the Sky: Saving Our Faith from a Culture of Fear<\/a> by Stephan Bauman, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reachingtheunreachedbook.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.reachingtheunreachedbook.com\">Reaching the Unreached: Becoming Raiders of the Lost Art<\/a> by Peyton Jones. I haven\u2019t read either of them yet. If you do, please <a href=\"mailto:mwade@orlandoteam.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:mwade@orlandoteam.com\">let me know<\/a> what you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: William Carey Library A Better Country: Embracing the Refugees in our Midst, by Cindy Wu. William Carey Library, 2017. Paperback; 98 pages. This study aims to help Christians in the US think theologically and practically about the global refugee crisis. It\u2019s set up as a workbook for personal or group study but could also &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7233\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BOOK: New Release about the Global Refugee Crisis<\/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-7233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233","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=7233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7235,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233\/revisions\/7235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}