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Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MISSIOLOGY series

Working with new insights on the influence that Christian translations of Scriptures and catechisms into African languages had on cultural self-understanding, social awakening, religious renewal, reciprocity in mission, process, Sanneh shows that mission and translation were and continue to be integral parts of cultural renewal in the face of the relentless onslaught of imperialism in its classic and contemporary forms.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 324 pages

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