Translating the message : the missionary impact on culture /
Sanneh, Lamin O.
Translating the message : the missionary impact on culture / Lamin Sanneh. - 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. - Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2009. - xii, 324 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - American society of missiology series ; no. 42 . - American Society of Missiology series ; no. 42. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-309) and index.
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 translation -- Translatability in Islam and Christianity with special reference to Africa : recapitulating the theme -- The vernacular principle in Catholic teaching : Vatican Council II, 1963-1965 -- Complete printed Bibles in vernacular translations.
9781570758041 1570758042
2008021715
Missions--Anthropological aspects.
Missions--History.
BV 2063 / .S23 2009
Translating the message : the missionary impact on culture / Lamin Sanneh. - 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. - Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2009. - xii, 324 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - American society of missiology series ; no. 42 . - American Society of Missiology series ; no. 42. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-309) and index.
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 translation -- Translatability in Islam and Christianity with special reference to Africa : recapitulating the theme -- The vernacular principle in Catholic teaching : Vatican Council II, 1963-1965 -- Complete printed Bibles in vernacular translations.
9781570758041 1570758042
2008021715
Missions--Anthropological aspects.
Missions--History.
BV 2063 / .S23 2009