Lamin Sanneh (1942–2019)
Autore di Whose Religion Is Christianity?: The Gospel beyond the West
Sull'Autore
Lamin Sanneh was born in a tiny river town in Gambia on May 24, 1942. He was born a Muslim but converted to Christianity as a teenager and became a practicing Roman Catholic. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Union College, a master's degree from the University of Birmingham, and a mostra altro doctorate in Islamic history from the University of London. He held teaching posts at the University of Ghana, the University of Aberdeen, and Harvard Divinity School. He taught at Yale Divinity School and Yale University for 30 years. He was a naturalized United States citizen. He became a scholar of Christianity and Islam. He was the author or editor of more than 20 books including Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture, Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa, Summoned from the Margin: Homecoming of an African, and Beyond Jihad: The Pacifist Tradition in West African Islam. He died from complications of a stroke on January 6, 2019 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Lamin Sanneh
Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture (American Society of Missiology) (1989) 190 copie
Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity (Studies in World Christianity) (2007) 83 copie
Encountering the West: Christianity and the Global Cultural Process : The African Dimension (World Christian Theology… (1993) 27 copie
Religion and the Variety of Culture: A Study in Origin and Practice (Christian Mission and Modern Culture) (1996) 17 copie
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to World Christianity (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion) (2016) 12 copie
Opere correlate
Christian Worship Worldwide: Expanding Horizons, Deepening Practices (Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Series) (2007) — Collaboratore — 51 copie
Bible Translation on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century : Authority, Reception, Culture, and Religion (2002) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Christian Thought in the Twenty-First Century: Agenda for the Future (2012) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Sanneh, Lamin Ousman
- Data di nascita
- 1942-05-24
- Data di morte
- 2019-01-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Gambia (birth)
USA (naturalized) - Luogo di nascita
- Georgetown, Gambia
- Luogo di morte
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Istruzione
- University of London (PhD - Islamic History)
University of Birmingham (MA)
Union College (BA - History) - Attività lavorative
- professor (Missions and World Christianity)
religious studies scholar
memoirist - Relazioni
- Sanneh, Kelefa (son)
- Organizzazioni
- Harvard University (Center for the Study of World Religions)
University of Aberdeen
Yale University (Yale Divinity School)
University of Ghana
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- Opere
- 20
- Opere correlate
- 5
- Utenti
- 826
- Popolarità
- #30,878
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 56
- Lingue
- 2
especially the relationship of religion and Christianity to culture.