Lamin Sanneh is D. Willis James Professor of Missions &World Christianity and Professor of History at Yale Divinity School and author of countless books and articles, including Whose Religion is Christianity? and Disciples of All Nations. He was appointed by Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Commission of the Historical Sciences, and by Pope Benedict XVI to the Pontifical Commission on Religious Relations with Muslims. He has received an award as the John W. Kluge Chair in the Cultures and Societies of the South by the Library of Congress. For his academic work, he was made Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Lion, Senegal's highest national honor.