Extra-Long (>70 mins)
Missiology
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The Pacifist Tradition in West African Islam
Theologian
Lamin Sanneh
Duration
80.34
Uploaded to YouTube
26 January 2017
Added to Database
20 August 2025
YouTube description
Lamin Sanneh, the D. Willis James professor of missions and world Christianity at Yale Divinity School and professor of history and international and area studies at Yale University, discusses the origin and evolution of the Muslim pacifist tradition in West Africa highlighting Islam's role in fostering political moderation, religious tolerance, and social pluralism throughout the region.
