Sanneh, Lamin

Translating the message : the missionary impact on culture / Lamin Sanneh - 2nd ed., Revised and Expanded - xii, 324 pages : black & white illustrations; 24 cm. - American Society of Missiology Series, No. 42 .

1. The birth of mission: the Jewish-Gentile frontier -- 2. Mission and the cultural assimilation of Christianity: the Hellenistic factor -- 3. The witness of God and the vocation of nations: the authorized ("King James") Bible and the vernacular Ethos -- 4. Mission and colonialism: vernacularization and westernization -- 5. Protest, reaction, and renewal: vernacular ferment in the Niger Delta -- 6. Missionary translation in African perspective: religious and theological themes -- 7. "Familiarity breeds faith": first and last resorts in vernacular translation -- 8. Translatability in Islam and Christianity with special reference to Africa: recapitulating the theme

9781570758041

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Missions--Anthropological aspects
Missions--History

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