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Studies in Church History Ser.: Translating Christianity by Charlotte Methuen (2017, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108419240

ISBN-139781108419246

eBay Product ID (ePID)242524054

Product Key Features

Number of Pages494 Pages

Publication NameTranslating Christianity

LanguageEnglish

SubjectChristian Church / History, Biblical Reference / Language Study, General, Christianity / General, Sociology of Religion

Publication Year2017

TypeTextbook

AuthorCharlotte Methuen

Subject AreaReligion, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines

SeriesStudies in Church History Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight25.8 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width5.6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal230.014

SynopsisThis volume brings together scholars to explore the challenges of translating Christianity. Christianity has been the impulse behind the creation of more dictionaries and grammars of the world's languages than any other force in history. More people pray and worship in more languages in Christianity than in any other religion. It is a religion without a revealed language; a faith characterized by 'the triumph of its translatability'. Christianity is also a translated religion in a very different sense. Many of its ritual practices have been predicated on the translation of material objects, such as relics. Their movement in time and space reveals shifting lines of power and influence in illuminating ways. Translation can be understood not only linguistically and physically but also in ecclesiastical and metaphorical terms, for instance, in the handing on of authority from one place or person to another, or the appropriation of rituals in different contexts., 'Translating Christianity' is the theme of Studies in Church History 53. More people pray and worship in more languages in Christianity than in any other religion. This volume brings together scholars to explore the challenges of translating Christianity in linguistic, physical, ecclesiastical and metaphorical terms.