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Disciples of All Nations
Pillars of World Christianity
First Edition
Lamin O. Sanneh
384 pages
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5 b/w line illus.
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234x156mm
978-0-19-518961-2
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Paperback
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29 November 2007
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- A revealing new look at the history of Christianity, seen from the perspective of the religion's expansion in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
- The first book in a new series: Oxford Studies in World Christianity
Long the dominant religion of the West, Christianity is now rapidly becoming the principal faith in much of the postcolonial world—a development that marks a momentous shift in the religion's very center of gravity. In this eye-opening book, Lamin Sanneh examines the roots of this "post-Western awakening" and the unparalleled richness and diversity, as well as the tension and conflict, it has brought to World Christianity.
Tracing Christianity's rise from its birth on the edge of the Roman empire—when it proclaimed itself to be a religion for the entire world, not just for one people, one time, and one place—to its key role in
Europe's maritime and colonial expansion, Sanneh sheds new light on the ways in which post-Western societies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America were drawn into the Christian orbit. Ultimately, he shows, these societies outgrew Christianity's colonial forms and restructured it through their own languages and idioms—a process that often occurred outside, and sometimes against, the lines of denominational control. The effect of such changes, Sanneh contends, has been profound, transforming not only worship, prayer, and the interpretation of Scripture, but also art, aesthetics, and music associated with the church. In exploring this story of Christianity's global expansion and its current resurgence in the non-Western world, Sanneh pays close attention to such issues as the faith's encounters
with Islam and indigenous religions, as well as with secular ideologies such as Marxism and nationalism. He also considers the challenges that conservative, non-Western forms of Christianity pose to Western liberal values and Enlightenment ideas.
Here then is a groundbreaking study of Christianity's role in cultural innovation and historical change—and must reading for all who are concerned with the present and future of the faith.
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Lamin O. Sanneh, D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity and Professor of History, Yale University
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"Lamin Sanneh is one of the foremost names in the study of world Christianity today ... Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity is his most comprehensive work on this topic to date. With a sweeping historical vision that ranges from Tertullian to Mao, Sanneh offers an integrated historical framework for understanding world Christianity at the beginning of the twenty-first century." - Dale T. Irvin, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "I'm lost in admiration for Lamin Sanneh's magnificent study of world Christianity, for the work's geographical scope and historical sweep, and for the breadth of the author's learning. Throughout, Sanneh asks the critical question: how can we reconceive Christianity in a way
that frees it from its European and imperial contexts, permitting the faith to adapt to the kaleidoscopic realities of different societies around the globe. This is a splendid achievement." - Philip Jenkins, author of The Next Christendom and The New Faces of Christianity "Imaginatively conceived, rigourously erudite and persuasively argued, this book sets the standard for the new series, Oxford Studies in World Christianity ... Please put this splendid and highly relevant book high up on your 'must-read' list." - Kenneth Cracknell, Theology
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