Repositioning Contextual Biblical Hermeneutics in Africa Towards Holistic Empowerment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20209570 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adekunle Dada (University of Ibadan P.O. Box 9900, Ibadan, Nigeria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 160-174 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Black Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-9948 • E-ISSN: 1743-1670 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/blth.v8i2.160 |
| OpenAlex | W2140109242 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
The Bible has continued to feature in contemporary religious, political and socio-economic discourse in Africa. The emergence of contextual biblical hermeneutics in Africa can be justified in the light of this background. Contextual biblical hermeneutics is the attempt to introduce some African socio-cultural and political elements into the reading and understanding of the biblical text. This essay, however, advocates that contextual biblical hermeneutics can be done in order to enhance holistic development and empowerment. Empowerment has been described as the motivational factor that is constantly required to help stimulate a process of action in the bid to translate and transform a perennial situation into achieving its desired objective. In traditional African societies, the compartmentalization of reality into the realms of the sacred and profane is most unusual. Life for the traditional African is holistic in character. In view of this, the liberative and empowering elements within the biblical texts, and how it can be used and appropriated in contemporary African situation, will be explored
Aesthetics · Empowerment · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Hermeneutics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Christian Theology and Mission · Law · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |