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Summoned from the Margin: Homecoming of an African de Lamin Sanneh

Summoned from the Margin: Homecoming of an African

Autor Lamin Sanneh
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 sep 2012

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Christianity Today Book Award (2013)
Summoned from the Margin tells the story of Lamin Sanneh's fascinating journey from his upbringing in an impoverished village in West Africa to education in the United States and Europe to a distinguished career teaching at the Universities of Yale, Harvard, Aberdeen, and Ghana. He grew up in a polygamous household in The Gambia and attended a government-run Muslim boarding school. A chance encounter with Helen Keller's autobiography taught him that education and faith are the key to overcoming physical and personal hardship and inspired his journey. Burning theological questions about God's nature and human suffering eventually led Sanneh to convert from Islam to Christianity and to pursue a career in academia. Here he recounts the unusually varied life experiences that have made him who he is today.Watch the trailer:
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780802867421
ISBN-10: 0802867421
Pagini: 299
Dimensiuni: 155 x 226 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Recenzii

Dana L. Robert -- Boston University"At once brave, lyrical, and profoundly moving, this book traces the life of one of the world's great scholars. Lamin Sanneh illuminates the contours of an African childhood, the relationship between Islam and Christianity, and the ongoing challenges of bridging racial and cultural differences. This powerful memoir is both a timely commentary on issues in world Christianity and a timeless masterpiece of the human spirit." Jonathan J. Bonk -- Overseas Ministries Study Center"A riveting modern-day Pilgrim's Progress by a leading world Christian intellectual -- eloquent but not verbose, profound but not obscure, lucid but not clich d. Rare is the memoir that engages its reader from beginning to end. Lamin Sanneh's is one of those." John Sentamu -- Archbishop of York"Sanneh's personal journey from childhood roots in the Gambia is told with refreshing delight in a wonderfully kaleidoscopic account of people and places along the way. . . . As a multilayered personal testimony from the place where civilizations meet, this is truly a captivating read." Philip Jenkins -- Baylor University"I've always found Lamin Sanneh one of the very best analysts of contemporary Christianity worldwide, but my admiration for him grows still more when I read this disarmingly honest and instructive autobiography. Read it if you want to learn not just about Lamin Sanneh himself, or world Christianity, but about West Africa, Islamic-Christian relations, the process of religious conversion, and a host of other matters. Or just enjoy a really well-written autobiography!" Patrick J. Ryan -- Fordham University"For most of the four decades I have known Lamin Sanneh, I have urged him to write a memoir of his personal pilgrimage. At last my prayer has been answered! I treasure this marvelous addition to the history of Christian and African autobiography that reaches back to Saint Augustine." Gavin D'Costa -- University of Bristol"Lamin Sanneh's autobiography is movin

Jonathan J. Bonk -- Overseas Ministries Study Center"Eloquent but not verbose, profound but not obscure, lucid but not clich d, rare the memoir that engages its reader from beginning to end . . . more than once. Lamin Sanneh's is one of those." Gavin D'Costa -- University of Bristol"Sanneh's autobiography is moving, humble, and very thought provoking. . . . Whether Christian or not, there's a lot to learn from this wise testimony. He has the rare quality of a top academic as well as a humane and spiritually discerning communicator." John Sentamu -- The Archbishop of York"Sanneh's personal journey from childhood roots in Gambia is told with refreshing delight in a wonderfully kaleidoscopic account of people and places along the way. Delighting in a wide variety of religious, cultural, intellectual, and ordinary human encounters, his story is unfailingly generous in the telling - full of the wisdom that flows from a grateful heart. As a multi-layered personal testimony from the place where civilizations meet, this is truly a captivating read." Dana L. Robert -- Boston University"At once brave, lyrical, and profoundly moving, this book traces the life of one of the world's great scholars. . . . This powerful memoir is both a timely commentary on issues in world Christianity, and a timeless masterpiece of the human spirit." Patrick J. Ryan -- Fordham University"For most of the four decades I have known Lamin Sanneh, I have urged him to write a memoir of his personal pilgrimage. At last my prayer has been answered! I treasure this marvelous addition to the history of Christian and African autobiography that reaches back to Saint Augustine." Philip Jenkins -- Baylor University"I've always found Lamin Sanneh one of the very best analysts of contemporary Christianity worldwide, but my admiration for him grows still more when I read this disarmingly honest and instructive autobiography. Read it if you want to learn not just about Lamin Sanneh himself, or world Christianity,

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