How ‘Sojourners’ Got Translated Into Urdu

Sometimes the world is very small.

Illustration of Emmanuel Asi by Kaitlin Brito

SOMETIMES THE WORLD is very small.

The Catholic priest from Pakistan handed me a self-published booklet in Urdu and pointed to a single English word: Sojourners. Pakistan is a third of the way around the globe from my home in California. Father Emmanuel Asi was in the Ojai Valley (where I live) for four days, visiting members of the Pakistani Christian diaspora. As part of his hosting team, I was eager to learn more about this liberation theologian from Lahore. And learn how articles from Sojourners ended up translated into Urdu.

Read the Full Article

To continue reading this article — and get full access to all our magazine content — subscribe now for as little as $5.95. Your subscription helps sustain our nonprofit journalism and allows us to pay authors for their terrific work! Thank you for your support.
Subscribe Now!