How Might Positionality Be Used in Biblical Studies? Philippians 1

27-2:4 As an Example

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3261225
AutoresMelissa C M Tan (0009-0005-3270-6408, University of Aberdeen, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen15
Número6
Páginas638
Fecha de publicación2024-05-23
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel15060638
OpenAlexW4398252767
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas21

Using Philippians 1:27-2:4 as an example, this article will explore the role of positionality in biblical studies. Although the process of reflecting on one's positionality is more prevalent in empirical-based research, one's positionality is also relevant in text-based research, such as in biblical studies. This article will demonstrate this by observing the following: first, how some analyses of the collectivistic cultural context of Philippians have been inappropriately influenced by certain implicit individualistic perspectives; and second, how an interpretive lens derived from my positionality as a scholar from an explicitly collectivistic culture is able to highlight a mostly ignored intrinsic correlation between social relations and virtue

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