| Summoned from the Margin: Homecoming of an African Contributor(s): Sanneh, Lamin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802867421 ISBN-13: 9780802867421 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Religion | Comparative Religion - Biography & Autobiography | Religious |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2012018930 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 302 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
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| Publisher Description: 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: |
Contributor Bio(s): Sanneh, Lamin: - A native of Gambia, Lamin Sanneh is the D. Willis JamesProfessor of Missions and World Christianity and professorof history at Yale Divinity School. His many books includeEncountering the West: Christianity and the GlobalCultural Process and Abolitionists Abroad: AmericanBlacks and the Making of Modern West Africa." |