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Author:

Sanneh, Lamin O.

Title:

Translating the message : the missionary impact on culture / Lamin Sanneh.

Edition:

2nd ed., rev. and expanded.

Publisher:

Orbis Books,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xii, 324 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Missions--Anthropological aspects.
Missions--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-309) and index.

Contents:

Complete printed Bibles in vernacular translations. 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.

Series:

American society of missiology series ; no. 42

ISBN:

1570758042
9781570758041

OCLC:

(OCoLC)229342211

LCCN:

2008021715

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)