TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sanneh, Lamin
TI  - Translating the message: the missionary impact on culture 
SN  - 9781570758041
AV  - RTL BV 2063 Sa58 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Orbis Books, 
KW  - Missions
KW  - Anthropological aspects
KW  - History
N1  - 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
ER  -