34.1848, Books: Making a Difference: Bible Translation among the Dagomba and Konkomba of Northern Ghana: Sule-Saa, Park (ed.)

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Date: 30-May-2023
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Subject: Making a Difference: Bible Translation among the Dagomba and Konkomba of Northern Ghana: Sule-Saa, Park (ed.) 


Title: Making a Difference: Bible Translation among the Dagomba and
Konkomba of Northern Ghana
Series Title: Publications in Ethnography
Publication Year: 2021
Publisher: SIL International Publications
                http://www.sil.org/resources/publications
Book URL: https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/87582

Author: Solomon Sumani Sule-Saa
Editor: Joyce W. Park
Paperback: ISBN: 9781556713712 Pages: 256 Price: U.S. $ 24.88
Abstract:

How did two very different language communities encounter and make
early choices about Christianity? This book is a historical record of
the Dagomba and Konkomba people groups of Northern Ghana as they
embraced the Bible translated into their mother tongues.

Author Dr. Sumani Sule-Saa employs Professor Lamin Sanneh's
groundbreaking hermeneutic of 'mission as translation' as a grid to
examine the effect of Bible translation on the lives of these two very
important language groups. Sule-Saa first presents a brief history of
the Dagomba and Konkomba and describes their very different societal
structures. He analyses early Christian mission involvement and
documents the role of two Bible translation agencies among these
people groups. Through a number of case studies he illustrates the
positive impact of the Bible in their mother tongues. Woven
throughout, Dr. Sule-Saa discusses to what degree the Christian faith
has been indigenised into the ethos and behaviour of the Dagomba and
Konkomba.

Theological students and those interested in missions will find this
book relevant as it deals with missiological issues and serves as a
reference on the establishment of Christianity among the Dagomba and
Konkomba. Its multidisciplinary approach will also appeal to a wider
audience.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Translation

Written In: English (eng)

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