Whose Religion is Christianity? The Gospel beyond the West by Lamin Sanneh

This is a rich, stimulating book about Christianity and translation. We don't know the language of Jesus. The Gospel is translated from the outset. At the birth of the Church at Pentecost, we all heard the truth of the Gospel in our own language. As such the gospel is for all cultures. No culture is superior in the sense of availability. Christianity comes to a culture and uses its conceptions and name for God and the gospel expressed in that culture has a certain inherent validity. Sanneh thinks this is not syncretism but I think he would have a more tolerant view to what others would call syncretism and his case is made quite convincingly.