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.

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Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 09/24/2012
ISBN: 9780802867421
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.90d
Award: Christianity Today Book Award - Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/10/2012
Christian Century 10/17/2012 pg. 52
Christianity Today 12/01/2012 pg. 65
Christian Century 12/12/2012 pg. 21