Reading Galatians 3:28 from a congregational perspective [PDF]
Acta TheologicaHow would reading a biblical text (Gal. 3:28) be interpreted from a congregational perspective? First, the article uses a model of African hermeneutics to develop a more contextual reading of a text.
W.J. Schoeman
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Using body mapping to explore perceptions of resilience with 7-12-year-old Muslim children in East London: A qualitative study. [PDF]
JCPP AdvThis study explored resilience in Black and South Asian Muslim children aged 7–12 in East London, an underrepresented group affected by deprivation and discrimination. Using body mapping, children depicted resilience as personal strength and described the importance of support systems.
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Digital History and Hermeneutics [PDF]
, 2022 For doing history in the digital age, we need to investigate the “digital kitchen” as the place where the “raw” is transformed into the “cooked”. The novel field of digital hermeneutics provides a critical and reflexive frame for digital humanities ...
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Christian hermeneutics in South Africa [PDF]
, 2022 Hermeneutics remains a divisive and polarizing topic within scholarly and ecclesiastical communities in South Africa. These tensions are not limited to theoretical differences but often crystallize on a grassroots level when local churches and church ...
Nel, Marius +9 more
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Gadamer’s Philosophical Hermeneutics: Investigating the Nexus between Culture and African Philosophy [PDF]
, 2020 This article attempts to uncover a foundational drive in Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics and its importance in steeping the tension of the philosophical link of culture and African Philosophy.
Onah, Ikechukwu
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Introducing a research project on contextual hermeneutics [PDF]
, 1990 CITATION: Lategan, B. C. 1990. Introducing a research project on contextual hermeneutics. Scriptura, 33:1-5, doi:10.7833/33-0-1877.The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.zaBecause of the variety of discourses in progress in
Lategan, Bernard C., Bernard Lategan
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Decolonising biblical hermeneutics in the (South) African context [PDF]
, 2016 The recognition of social location as a heuristic device in biblical hermeneutics does not necessarily equate to the production of radical and alternative knowledge.
H. Ramantswana, Ramantswana, H.
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Building a united community: Reading the Johannine concept of unity through the eyes of an Akan
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023 From the 1960s, African theologians sought to decolonise biblical scholarship, calling for a hermeneutical approach that pays attention to the African sociocultural context – inculturation.
Godibert K. Gharbin, Ernest van Eck
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African biblical hermeneutics and the Book of Ruth: Some observations
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2021 This article investigates interpretations of the Book of Ruth from the point of view of some African scholars. Firstly, an attempt is made to understand what is meant by African biblical hermeneutics (ABH).
Gezina G. de Villiers
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The Suffering Servant in Isaiah 53 and Its Relevance to African Christian Perspectives on Suffering and Redemption [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologySuffering, though universal and inevitable, most of the time, is not pleasant. The contemporary African Christians experience physical, psychological and emotional traumas as do many others globally.
Funke E. Oyekan +2 more
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