Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World ChristianityOxford University Press, 30 בנוב׳ 2007 - 384 עמודים 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. |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 39
עמוד 4
... Greek-speaking areas. Personal conversion to God as redeemer and judge, rather than kinship or cultural qualification, became the new rule for membership in the church. Christianity was an ''old'' religion insofar as its ethical ...
... Greek-speaking areas. Personal conversion to God as redeemer and judge, rather than kinship or cultural qualification, became the new rule for membership in the church. Christianity was an ''old'' religion insofar as its ethical ...
עמוד 5
... Greek.8 Pauline Watershed Many writers claim that Paul expanded the subtle yet momentous shift in the understanding of faith that Peter taught. The subject is well trodden, but for our purposes consideration of a few works should ...
... Greek.8 Pauline Watershed Many writers claim that Paul expanded the subtle yet momentous shift in the understanding of faith that Peter taught. The subject is well trodden, but for our purposes consideration of a few works should ...
עמוד 7
... Greek believers expected that they would serve a cultural apprenticeship under the Torah and conform to the idea of religion set out therein.15 Intending it as an inclusive gesture, rabbinic literature compared God-fearing Gentiles to ...
... Greek believers expected that they would serve a cultural apprenticeship under the Torah and conform to the idea of religion set out therein.15 Intending it as an inclusive gesture, rabbinic literature compared God-fearing Gentiles to ...
עמוד 9
... Greek Christians felt empowered to embark on a wholly dif- ferent way of practicing religion that became the primary ... Greeks had now to renegotiate with their own culture, not with someone else's, and what emerged revealed surprising ...
... Greek Christians felt empowered to embark on a wholly dif- ferent way of practicing religion that became the primary ... Greeks had now to renegotiate with their own culture, not with someone else's, and what emerged revealed surprising ...
עמוד 10
... Greek philosophy, Roman law, Eastern mysticism and spirituality, and astral science gave rise to questions that believers had before never encountered. That intellectual setting fostered the development of a distinctly Christian ...
... Greek philosophy, Roman law, Eastern mysticism and spirituality, and astral science gave rise to questions that believers had before never encountered. That intellectual setting fostered the development of a distinctly Christian ...
תוכן
13 | |
2 The Christian Movement in Islamic Perspective | 57 |
3 Old World Precedents and New World Directions | 89 |
4 The Yogi and the Commissar | 131 |
5 Pillar of Charismatic Renewal | 163 |
6 Resurgence and the New Order in West Africa | 185 |
7 Civilization and the Limits of Mission | 217 |
8 Christian Awakening and the New China | 243 |
9 Conclusion | 271 |
Notes | 289 |
Select Bibliography | 321 |
Index | 349 |
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Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity <span dir=ltr>Lamin O. Sanneh</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 2007 |
Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity <span dir=ltr>Lamin O. Sanneh</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2007 |
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