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By Lamin Sanneh

Many historians of faith now realize that Christianity is an international religion whose such a lot vivid expression and progress are discovered at the present time within the non-Western international. yet nobody explores this truth and its implications for contemporary lifestyles with the intensity of studying and private perception of Lamin Sanneh.

This ebook is exclusive within the literature of worldwide Christianity, now not least for its novel constitution. Sanneh's attractive narrative takes the shape of a self-interview during which he asks questions on the cross-cultural enlargement of Christianity and gives insightful solutions and significant predictions in regards to the destiny. this system additionally permits Sanneh to trace advancements in global Christianity even whereas giving consciousness to the responses and involvement of indigenous peoples round the world.

Sanneh's personal heritage and lifetime involvement with non-Western cultures convey a richness of point of view no longer present in the other e-book on international Christianity. for instance, Sanneh highlights what's unique approximately Christianity as an international faith, and he bargains a well timed comparability of Christianity with Islam's personal missionary culture. The e-book additionally supplies delight of position to the recipients of the Christian message instead of to the missionaries themselves. certainly, Sanneh argues right here that the gospel isn't owned by way of the West and that the way forward for the culture lies in its "world" character.

Literate, correct, and hugely unique, Whose faith Is Christianity? offers a stimulating new outlook on religion and tradition that might curiosity quite a lot of readers.

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