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.

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Missions--Anthropological aspects.
Missions--History.

BV 2063 / .S23 2009