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Lamin Sanneh was born on 24 May, 1942 in Abuko, Gambia Colony and Protectorate, is an A gambian emigrant to the United States. Discover Lamin Sanneh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?
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Scholar of missions and religious studies |
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77 years old |
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Gemini |
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24 May, 1942 |
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24 May |
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Abuko, Gambia Colony and Protectorate |
| Date of death |
2019 |
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United States |
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Gambia
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Lamin Sanneh Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Lamin Sanneh's Wife?
His wife is Sandra Sanneh
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Sandra Sanneh |
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Lamin Sanneh Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lamin Sanneh worth at the age of 77 years old? Lamin Sanneh’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Gambia. We have estimated Lamin Sanneh's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Lamin Sanneh (May 24, 1942 – January 6, 2019) was the D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity at Yale Divinity School and Professor of History at Yale University.
Sanneh was born and raised in Gambia as part of an ancient African royal family, and was a naturalized United States citizen.
After studying at the University of Birmingham and the Near East School of Theology, Beirut, he earned his doctorate in Islamic History at the University of London.
Sanneh taught and worked at the University of Ghana, the University of Aberdeen, Harvard, and, from 1989–2019, at Yale.
He was an editor-at-large of The Christian Century, and served on the board of several other journals.
Sanneh had honorary doctorates from University of Edinburgh and Liverpool Hope University.
He was a Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Lion, Senegal's highest national honor.
He was a member of the Pontifical Commission of the Historical Sciences and of the Pontifical Commission on Religious Relations with Muslims.
In his Translating the Message (1989), Sanneh wrote about the significance of the translation of the Christian message into mother-tongue languages in places like Africa and Asia.
Instead of the dominant view that Christian mission primarily propagated "cosmopolitan values of an ascendant West," he argues, "The translation role of missionaries cast them as unwitting allies of mother-tongue speakers and as reluctant opponents of colonial domination."
He continued to develop these reflections in his Disciples of All Nations (2008).
In 2018, a new institute was created in his name, the Sanneh Institute at the University of Ghana.
The Overseas Ministry Study Center (OMSC) at Princeton Theological Seminary created a research grant named in honor of Sanneh.
Sanneh suffered a stroke and died on January 6, 2019.
He was survived by his wife, Sandra Sanneh, a professor of isiZulu at Yale University, and their children Sia Sanneh, a senior attorney at the Equal Justice Initiative, and Kelefa Sanneh, staff writer for The New Yorker.
Sanneh converted to Christianity from Islam and was a practicing Roman Catholic.
Much of his scholarship related to the relationship between Christianity and Islam, especially in Africa and what he understood as "African Islam."
Another major area of Sanneh's academic work was in the study of World Christianity.
