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‘Like... a House upon the Sand’: African American Biblical Hermeneutics in Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The summum bonum of Jesus’ teaching as reported by Matthew is strict obedience to a new ethic embodied in what is commonly referred to as “The Sermon on the Mount” (Mt. 5-7). We are familiar with the setting.
Liburd, Ron
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‘Pre‐Technologies’ and the Lifeworld: Assistive Technologies as ‘Pre‐Technologies’ for Self‐Formation as Freedom

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 43, Issue 3, Page 754-774, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article identifies assistive technologies (ATs) as ‘pre‐technologies’ mediating access to other technologies for disabled subjects (DSs). The motivation is to show that without ATs, DSs cannot be said to have the same level of access to freedom and self‐forming activities as able‐bodied subjects.
Sarel Marais
wiley   +1 more source

Mother of Black Old Testament Scholarship in South Africa—Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan'a Mphahlele)

open access: yesOld Testament Essays
This article asserts that Professor Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’a Mphahlele) deserves to be recognised as the “Mother of black Old Testament scholarship in South Africa.” She ought to be celebrated for pioneering the bosadi approach, an African and black ...
Hulisani Ramantswana
doaj   +1 more source

Myths of contestation in the medical education curriculum: A dialogical exploration

open access: yesMedical Education, Volume 60, Issue 7, Page 762-769, July 2026.
Abstract Purpose In this paper, the authors use their collective experience as medical education scholars and change agents to engage in a dialogical approach examining five myths regarding the role of contestation in curricular change. In doing so, they argue that what is taught, how it is taught and what knowledge is valued in curricula is not a ...
Rachel H. Ellaway   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preface and Introduction: African Worldviews & Ecological Hermeneutics

open access: yesJournal of the Council for Research on Religion
The present issue of the Journal of the Council for Research on Religion (JCREOR) brings together several African scholars and scholars of Africa from different backgrounds to explore the intersections of nature, humanity, and biblical interpretation ...
Mathew K. Birgen, Gerbern S. Oegema
doaj   +1 more source

Job in dialogue with Edward Said : contrapuntal hermeneutics, pedagogical development, and a new approach to Biblical interpretation

open access: yes, 2009
Biblical interpretation in the contemporary context of globalisation faces a variety of challenges. This thesis addresses the challenges presented to the discipline by the incorporation of poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and liberation theologies ...
Jones Nelson, Alissa
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Biblical Hermeneutics

open access: yesGhana Journal of Religion and Theology
Editorial ...
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Islamophobia and Danish academia

open access: yesJournal of Law and Society, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 263-290, June 2026.
Abstract This article investigates how Danish academics participate in, interpret, and reproduce debates on the legal and normative regulation of Muslims in Denmark since the early 2000s. Through a thematic analysis of journal articles and public dissemination outputs authored by Danish researchers, it explores the social production of legal knowledge ...
SOFIE AALTONEN
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Feminist and Womanist Hermeneutics

open access: yesOld Testament Essays
For almost thirty years, Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’a Mphahlele) has advocated the need for a unique African approach for women in biblical studies.
Kjersti Wee, Marta Hoeyland Lavik
doaj   +1 more source

Narratology and Orality in African Biblical Hermeneutics: Reading the story of Naboth's vineyard and Jehu's revolution in light of Intsomi yamaXhosa

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2016
On the issue of methodology, oral literature has been decisive in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Africa. For instance, Madipoane Masenya (ngwan a Mphahlele) convincingly employed the folktale of the Rabbit and the Lion in her interpretation ...
Ndikho Mtshiselwa
doaj   +1 more source

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