02543cam a22003494a 4500 13281016 AUA.1 20160114155526.0 030721s2003 miu b 001 0 eng 2003060010 0802821642 (pbk.) DLC DLC DLC pcc d------ BR 115.U6 S26 2003 270.8/3 22 Sanneh, Lamin O. 6699 Whose religion is Christianity? : the gospel beyond the West / Lamin Sanneh. Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., c2003. xii, 138 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-136) and index. Contents: Wind blows where it wills: Christianity as a world religion -- Christianity reappropriated: Bible and its mother tongue variations. Summary: The 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. Christianity Developing countries Miscellanea. 6700 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BOOK BR 115 .U6 S26 2003 1851 1851 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2011-10-17 Donation, Biblical Research Institute 10.00 AUA002154 1 BR 115 .U6 S26 2003 AUA002154 2015-09-30 00:00:00 2015-06-22 1 10.00 2011-10-17 BOOK 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2011-10-17 Donation, Biblical Research Institute 10.00 AUA002155 0 BR 115 .U6 S26 2003 AUA002155 2011-10-17 00:00:00 2 10.00 2011-10-17 BOOK