Annotated Bibliography

 This week’s assignment that I had to do for college is a CRAAP analyses of five sources that I have picked out to use in my research paper. Now some of you may ask what is a CRAAP analyses? A CRAAP analyses stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, and Purpose. A CRAAP analysis is a bunch of questions that help you find out the credibility of the source and its relevance to your topic. Or in other words a CRAAP analysis is designed help you examine your source to see if it is academic enough to write a paper on. Here is a CRAAP analysis that I did with my five sources.

 

 Pollock, David C., and Reken, Ruth. Third Culture Kids: Growing up among Worlds. Boston: Nicholas Brealey Pub., 2009. Print.

   This book is a credible source for my research because it was written by people that have personal experience in this field. David Pollock who is one of the authors has worked with TCKs (which stands for third culture kid) for years and has done seminars and conferences on the subject of growing up in a different culture. Ruth Reken who is the other author has personal experience in this subject, because she has grown up in another culture and has kids that are living in another culture. Date-wise this publication is important to include, because it was written and published not that long ago so it is up to date on the present issue of growing up in another culture. The author’s main goal in this article is to teach about the topic of children growing up in another culture. The publishing source for this article generally targets and audience that fits the following description: TCKs parents and kids that have grown up on the mission field. This audience would be interested in this subject, because it talks about the joys and struggles of being a TCK and they would generally agree with this author’s perspective on the topic. The author incorporates the following types of evidence: interviews with TCKs and quotes from other experts. This evidence builds credibility, because it asks the TCKs themselves what they think about this topic. Based on my own opinion, experience, and research, I agree with this author, because I know have friends that are TCKs and, because of research that I have done. I think this article is important to include in my essay, because it talks about not only the benefits of growing up in a different culture, but also the challenges.

 

Oliver, Roland Anthony. The Missionary Factor in East Africa. London: Longmans, Green, 1952. Print.ng up in a different culture, but also the challenges.

   This article is a credible source for my research, because it was written by an expert. The author’s credentials include a diploma from Cambridge University and was a teached in the department of history at the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London. Date-wise this publication is important to include, because it give what the perspective was on missions in the nineteen-fifty’s. The author’s main goal is to teach about the topic of missions in Africa. The publishing source for this article generally targets an audience that fits the following description: Educated Missionary’s. This audience would be interested in this subject because it talks about how missionaries have helped African economy and would both disagree and agree with this author’s perspective on this topic. The author incorporates the following types of evidence: examples of what has happened in Africa through mission work. This evidence builds credibility because it give examples of what has happened through mission work but it also limited because it is referring to what has happened before nineteen-fifty’s. Based on my opinion, experience, and research I would agree with this author because I have seen first-hand what mission work has done in Africa. I think this article is important to include in my essay because it gives evidence that foreign mission work in Africa has helped the economy.

 

Tucker, Ruth. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004. Print.

   This article is a credible source for my research because it is written by an experts in this field. The author’s credentials include a Ph.D, and she is a professor of missilogy at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Date-wise this publication is important to include because the author has had a chance to see the affects of foreign missions on the world. The author’s main goal is to teach about the foreign missions. The publishing source for this article generally targets an audience that fits the following description: Christians interested in foreign missions. This audience would be interested in this subject because it talks about foreign missions around the world and would generally agree with this author’s perspective on the topic. The author incorporates the following evidence: examples of missions affecting the world. This evidence builds credibility because it shows what missions has already done to help the economy of the world, but it is also limited because it is not confirmed by anyone else. Based on my own opinion, experience, and research, I agree with this author because I believe that missions has helped people become better and take responsibility and provide for their family’s which helps the economy. I think this article is important to include in my essay because it not only talks just about the good that missionaries have done, but about the wrong they have also done.

 

    Hale, Thomas. On Being a Missionary. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1995. Print.

      This article is a credible source for my research because it is written by a man that is a missionary. The author’s credentials include being a missionary in Nepal since 1970 and has written three other books about missionary life. The author’s main goal in this article is to teach people about missionary life. The publishing source for this article generally targets an audience that fits the following description: Christians. This audience would be interested in this subject because it tells about the joys and hardships on the mission field and why we should go to the mission field and would generally agree with this author’s perspective on this topic. The author incorporates the following types of evidence: personal experience and the views of other missionaries. This evidence builds credibility because the author has personal experience in this subject, but it is also limited because it is just his personal experience. Based on my own opinion, experience, and research, I agree with this author because I have been on several missions trips and seen missionaries at work and their struggles. I think this article is important to include in my essay because it is a credible source that is on missions.

 

 Dilley, Andrea. "The World The Mission-Aries Made." Christianity Today. 14 Mar. 2104: 35-41. Web. 26 Mar. 2014.

    This article is a credible source for my research because it is written on studies done on how missionaries have impacted the economy of countries. The author’s credentials include being a missionary in Kenya and writing two other books on missions. Date-wise this publication is important to include because it is recent and so the author is aware of all the recent issues of missions. The author’s main goal in this article is to inform about how missionaries are a help to the economy of developing countries. The publication source for this article generally targets an audience that fits the following description: people that thing missionaries have not done anything to help the economy of other countries. This audience would be interested in this subject because it tells them that missionaries have had a significant impact on the economy of other countries and would both disagree and agree with this author’s perspective on the topic. The author incorporates the following types of evidence: research studies done by experts and a statistical program that test to see if missionaries have had an impact on the economy of countries but is also limited because these studies are new. Based on my own opinion, experience, and research, I agree with this author because the amount of research that was done to prove this is immense. I think this article is important to include in my essay because it proves that missions is important.