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100 1 _aSanneh, Lamin O.
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245 1 0 _aWhose religion is Christianity? :
_bthe gospel beyond the West /
_cLamin Sanneh.
260 _aGrand Rapids, Mich. :
_bW.B. Eerdmans Pub.,
_cc2003.
300 _axii, 138 p. ;
_c21 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 131-136) and index.
505 _aContents:
505 _aWind blows where it wills: Christianity as a world religion -- Christianity reappropriated: Bible and its mother tongue variations.
520 _aSummary:
520 _aThe 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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