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Latest articles
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A New Chapter: IOS & KTS
The first article is Joshua Frost’s second part of Emotion Exegesis, followed by two articles about orality and missional data. Lara Hevevelt describes the orality data gap and explains why…
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Emotion Exegesis for Faithful Oral Bible Translation: From Theory to Practice: Method and the Role of AI (Part 2)
This is the second of a two-part article adapted from a presentation at the Oral Bible Translation National Consultation in Brazil. Part 1 established that emotions are foundational to cognition,…
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The Orality Data Gap
The global missions data ecosystem tracks languages, Bible translation status, people-group identifiers, and evangelical presence with respected precision, yet it of-ten overlooks whether a people group is high-orality-reliant, learning and…
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Measuring What Matters in Orality: Why Tracking the Mission Is a Native Oral Practice, What Scripture Counted, and the Biases That Distort Our Reporting
Missions researchers frequently encounter the objection that counting is a text-based, Western imposition on high-orality-reliant communities, and that such communities cannot meaningfully report on the progress of the gospel among…
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Orality and Digitality: Extending and Limiting Human Communication
This article aims to show how digital technologies (or simply, digitality) extend and limit human communication, specifically orality. It is divided into four parts. The first part sets the background…
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The Development of Hindu Religion in India: An Orality-Oriented Perspective for Christian Ministry among Hindus
This article examines the historical development of Hinduism in India through an orality-oriented perspective and explores its implications for contextual Christian ministry among Hindus. The study highlights that Hinduism evolved…
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Thank you. I found that the Deaf in Thailand responded with laughter when they watched the video of Sarah laughing…
Thank you much for taking a look at my book. I think these are some of the most important conversations…
Thanks for sharing these concepts in such a clear and practical way, Josh. These are ideas and feelings that I…