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 70
עמוד xxii
... Islam, elicited challenges for the religion in the course of its worldwide expansion. These challenges will be examined. The subsequent volumes will be devoted to specific themes and regions within the general subject of Christianity's ...
... Islam, elicited challenges for the religion in the course of its worldwide expansion. These challenges will be examined. The subsequent volumes will be devoted to specific themes and regions within the general subject of Christianity's ...
עמוד 25
... Islam. In the ancient tussle between the two religions, Muslim scholars have argued that this language deficit discredits Christianity.31 As such, the church's recourse to liturgical Latin concedes the Muslims' point that Christians ...
... Islam. In the ancient tussle between the two religions, Muslim scholars have argued that this language deficit discredits Christianity.31 As such, the church's recourse to liturgical Latin concedes the Muslims' point that Christians ...
עמוד 26
... Islam went about its mission in a different way. Its canon of an inalienable sacred Arabic is a dramatic example of the Arabic culture becoming the prescribed, irreplaceable bedrock of religious orthodoxy. In movements of Islamic reform ...
... Islam went about its mission in a different way. Its canon of an inalienable sacred Arabic is a dramatic example of the Arabic culture becoming the prescribed, irreplaceable bedrock of religious orthodoxy. In movements of Islamic reform ...
עמוד 27
... Islam, the Arabs gave their fledgling culture the prerogatives of a religious birthright, while a translated Christianity allowed Europeans to interpret it as something they could domesticate by repackaging its truth claims as their own ...
... Islam, the Arabs gave their fledgling culture the prerogatives of a religious birthright, while a translated Christianity allowed Europeans to interpret it as something they could domesticate by repackaging its truth claims as their own ...
עמוד 33
... Islam. It was 'Abd al-Muttalib, the prophet's grandfather, who led a counter-attack to repulse Abraha's forces. An oblique reference in su ́rah 105 to the elephant is taken by commentators to apply to Abraha's elephant-led charge ...
... Islam. It was 'Abd al-Muttalib, the prophet's grandfather, who led a counter-attack to repulse Abraha's forces. An oblique reference in su ́rah 105 to the elephant is taken by commentators to apply to Abraha's elephant-led charge ...
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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