ATD: Deep mystery of common accounts (Vibe in Vienna)

[Glenn Scheper]

Lamenting how the poor say YES to evangelists,
but really intend NO, just to get the money...

There have been efforts at reducing the paternalism of mission by using the term 
'partnership'. I agree with Rheenan that this has simply "... frequently become 
a disguised form of paternalism."[231] Helander and Niwagila concede in Tanzania 
that "fixation in the roles of 'rich giver' and 'poor receiver' has taken 
place"[232] and that "there cannot be a partnership in a setting up of 
dependency and patronage"[233] acknowledging that "the sharing of material 
resources is perhaps one of the most difficult matters in the history of 
partnership."[234]
  -- http://vulnerablemissionthesis.blogspot.com/
  Vulnerable Mission Thesis

That is a neat lit-crit url, but long text,
about the Luo of Kenya (Obama's heiritage).

Esp. about the Luo's minimally informative mode
of talk vs. western cooperative-principle talk.

I killed 5 hours on it.

Yours truly,
Glenn Scheper
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