African Biblical Studies: An Introduction to an Emerging Discipline

African Biblical Studies (ABS) can be characterized both as innovative and reactionary: Innovative, because it refuses to be confined by the methodologies, ancient concerns, and principles that govern biblical studies in the ‘west’ (used throughout this article to refer to the majority Euro-American...

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Auteur principal: Mbuvi, Andrew M. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Sage [2017]
Dans: Currents in biblical research
Année: 2017, Volume: 15, Numéro: 2, Pages: 149-178
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Théologie africaine / Science biblique / Exégèse
Classifications IxTheo:HA Bible
KAJ Époque contemporaine
KBN Afrique subsaharienne
Sujets non-standardisés:B liberation hermeneutics
B Communitarianism
B hermeneutics of suspicion
B Feminist Hermeneutics
B inculturation hermeneutics
B Postcolonialism
B Bible Translation
B African Biblical Studies
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
B AFRICAN cosmology
B Hermeneutics
B African Biblical Interpretation
B African Theology
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Résumé:African Biblical Studies (ABS) can be characterized both as innovative and reactionary: Innovative, because it refuses to be confined by the methodologies, ancient concerns, and principles that govern biblical studies in the ‘west’ (used throughout this article to refer to the majority Euro-American scholars while recognizing the presence of other groups), and instead charts a course that is more interested in making biblical interpretation relevant to present realities. Reactionary, because its driving force is partly a critique of the inadequacy of western biblical studies in providing meaningful responses to concerns that are pertinent to African communities. A genuine ABS is therefore an amalgamation of multiple interpretive methods, approaches and foci that reflect a creative engagement of the African cosmological reality and the Bible.
ISSN:1745-5200
Contient:Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1476993X16648813