Whose religion is Christianity? : the gospel beyond the West / Lamin Sanneh. [print]

By:

Sanneh, Lamin O [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

0802821642
9780802821645

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LOC classification:

BR115.W467 2003
BR115.U6.S228.W467 2003

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Contents:

Wind blows where it wills: Christianity as a world religion Christianity reappropriated: Bible and its mother tongue variations.

Summary: The author seeks to demonstrate that the diversity and variety of language and cultural expression in the Christian community is not a divisive factor, but rather it is demonstrated to be the strength of the faith as a universal human phenomenon, freely accessible to all cultures and languages equally, appropriated and adapted and reexpressed by each in a unity beyond their individual diversity. For instance, including the indigenous names for God in Bible translation has pioneered a strategic alliance with the local concepts of religion, thus making it easier for the indigenous people to transfer from their previous religion to Christianity. Coupled with this is the principle of free and informed choice, rather than the coerced conversion we have seen so often in the history of other religions and cultural imperialisms, notably the movement of Islam across the geography of the world and its cultures.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor	Non-fiction	BR115.U6S26 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001865688

Wind blows where it wills: Christianity as a world religion Christianity reappropriated: Bible and its mother tongue variations.

The author seeks to demonstrate that the diversity and variety of language and cultural expression in the Christian community is not a divisive factor, but rather it is demonstrated to be the strength of the faith as a universal human phenomenon, freely accessible to all cultures and languages equally, appropriated and adapted and reexpressed by each in a unity beyond their individual diversity. For instance, including the indigenous names for God in Bible translation has pioneered a strategic alliance with the local concepts of religion, thus making it easier for the indigenous people to transfer from their previous religion to Christianity. Coupled with this is the principle of free and informed choice, rather than the coerced conversion we have seen so often in the history of other religions and cultural imperialisms, notably the movement of Islam across the geography of the world and its cultures.

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