Bible translation and the spread of the church : : the last 200 years / / edited by Philip C. Stine.

• Superior document: Studies in Christian mission, volume 2
• TeilnehmendeR: Stine, Philip C., 1943-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1990.
• Year of Publication: 1990
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Christian mission ; v. 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (166 pages).
• Notes: Contains the major papers presented at the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, N.J., October 29th-31st, 1988.

The growth of the Church in the last two centuries has been paralleled by an explosion in the number of languages into which all or part of the Bible has been translated. This book is perhaps the first serious effort to examine a number of issues related to that phenomenon, among them how theology can affect the kind of translation prepared, and how the type of translation itself can affect the theology of a church. It also addresses the topics of why a church generally develops faster and with a deeper faith if it has the Bible; how decisions of text, canon, exegesis, type of language and type of translation are related to the matter of authority; what forces are at play in a culture to which a translator must be sensitive; and how Bible translation affects a society and culture. The authors of these papers are distinguished scholars in the fields of missiology, history, cultural anthropology, theology or church history. Some address theological issues of Bible translation, and others the cultural and political questions. But ultimately they conclude that if the church of tomorrow is to grow, and not be fragmented, then access to the Bible will be crucial.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Philip C. Stine -- Introduction / Philip C. Stine -- Gospel and Culture: Ramifying Effects of Scriptural Translation / Lamin Sanneh -- The Translation Principle in Christian History / Andrew F. Walls -- Theology and Translation: The Implications of Certain Theological Issues to the Translation Task / Daniel C. Arichea -- The Politics of Modem Russian Biblical Translation / Stephen K. Batalden -- The Role of Translation in Developing Indigenous Theologies- A Latin American View / Samuel Escobar -- The Role of Translation in Developing Indigenous Theologies- An Asian View / Kosuke Koyama -- Contextual Translation: The Role of Cultural Anthropology / Louis J. Luzbetak -- Bible Translation and Social and Cultural Development / Darrell L. Whiteman -- Future Bible Translation and the Future of the Church / Ulrich Fick.