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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity( )
Editor: Sanneh, Lamin
McClymond, Michael
Series title:Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion Ser.
ISBN:978-1-118-55604-7
Publication Date:Mar 2016
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Imprint:Wiley-Blackwell
Book Format:Digital download
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Book Description:

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to World Christianity presents a collection of essays that explore a range of topics relating to the rise, spread, and influence of Christianity throughout the world.
  • Features contributions from renowned scholars of history and religion from around the world
  • Addresses the origins and global expansion of Christianity over the course of two millennia
  • Covers a wide range of themes relating to Christianity,...
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Book Details
Pages:608
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.85 x 9.75 x 0.585 Inches
Book Weight:1.5 Pounds
Author Biography
(Editor)
Lamin Sanneh was born in a tiny river town in Gambia on May 24, 1942. He was born a Muslim but converted to Christianity as a teenager and became a practicing Roman Catholic. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Union College, a master's degree from the University of Birmingham, and a doctorate in Islamic history from the University of London. He held teaching posts at the University of Ghana, the University of Aberdeen, and Harvard Divinity School. He taught at Yale Divinity School and Yale University for 30 years. He was a naturalized United States citizen.

He became a scholar of Christianity and Islam. He was the author or editor of more than 20 books including Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture, Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa, Summoned from the Margin: Homecoming of an African, and Beyond Jihad: The Pacifist Tradition in West African Islam. He died from complications of a stroke on January 6, 2019 at the age of 76.

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