Religion and the variety of culture : a study in origin and practice / Lamin Sanneh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanneh, Lamin O.

Series:

Christian mission and modern culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and culture.

Christianity and culture.

Physical Description:

viii, 87 pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

Valley Forge, Pa. : Trinity Press International ; Leominster, Herefordshire, Eng. : Gracewing, [1996]

Summary:

Here is a provocative analysis of culture in all of its variety, including especially the relationship of religion and Christianity to culture. Lamin Sanneh advocates reconnecting religion and Christianity to culture, realizing that humanity without a sense of transcendence cannot really achieve a fulfillment that is anything but "murky self-centeredness". According to Sanneh, in light of the exigencies of postmodern times world Christianity would do well to embrace an alternative vision - one of global neighborliness - and then effectively model that vision as the new humanity for the twenty-first century and beyond.

Notes:

"Revised and expanded version of chapter 1 of Encountering the West"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-87).

ISBN:

1563381664

0852443781

OCLC:

34618000