Communicating Christ in Animistic Contexts

<p><strong>Communicating the Gospel Where Power and Fear Reign</strong></p><p></p><p>Whether in New Age mysticism occultism Haitian voodooism Chinese ancestor veneration or Japanese Shintoism animistic beliefs are widespread even today. Gailyn Van Rheenen turns our attention to what Paul Hiebert called the excluded middle the intermediate realm of spirits ancestors gods and ghosts. Rather than being merely anecdotal he presents a rigorous biblical theological and anthropological foundation for ministering in animistic contexts. </p>