Translating the message : the missionary impact on culture / Lamin Sanneh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanneh, Lamin O.

Series:

American Society of Missiology series ; no. 42.

American society of missiology series ; no. 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions--Anthropological aspects.

Missions.

Missions--History.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 324 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition, revised and expanded.

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, 2009.

Summary:

A thorough updating of the book that revolutionized the way the we understand the origins of Christianity and how the translation of the Bible in the global South assisted local cultures during the colonial era.

Every chapter has been revised and a new one on the influence of the King James Bible has been added, drawing on the latest scholarship, adding illustrations and new tables of languages into which the Bible has been translated.

Contents:

The birth of mission : the Jewish-Gentile frontier

Mission and the cultural assimilation of Christianity : the Hellenistic factor

The witness of God and the vocation of nations : the Authorized ("King James") Bible and the vernacular ethos

Mission and colonialism : vernacularization and Westernization

Protest, reaction, and renewal : vernacular ferment in the Niger Delta

Missionary translation in African perspective : religious and theological themes

"Familiarity breeds faith" : first and last resorts in vernacular tradition

Translatability in Islam and Christianity with special reference to Africa : recapitulating the theme

The vernacular principle in Catholic teaching : Vatican Council II, 1963-1965.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-309) and index.

ISBN:

9781570758041

1570758042

OCLC:

229342211