All religions reveal the essence of truth held sacred by a people. It is important that missionaries respect and search for religious truths in a receptor culture rather than merely attempt to “convert”. Phenomenology opens a way to understand the “other faith”. Professor Gilliland asks that the Christian messenger be an intense observer as well as a faithful representative.
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