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 agroundbreaking 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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