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What happened to the fig tree? : an empirical study in psychological type and biblical hermeneutics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching has its roots in Jungian psychological type theory and maintains that the reading and interpretation of text is shaped by individual preferences within the perceiving process (sensing and ...
Francis, Leslie J.
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Christian Faith and Akan Culture in Ghana: A Review of Major Works of Sidney George Williamson [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2021
Christian growth must not only be considered in terms of the growth of numbers. The growth in the church must also be considered in the level of depth and the quality of Christian conversion within a cultural milieu.
Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong
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Five loaves and two fishes : an empirical study in psychological type and biblical hermeneutics among Anglican preachers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking (SIFT) method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching has its roots in three fields: a theology of individual differences situated within the doctrine of creation, an application of Jungian ...
Leslie J. Francis   +2 more
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Footwashing in the Context of 1 Corinthians 11:23-25: Some Theological Reflections

open access: yesJournal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2022
There is the tendency to cite Paul’s obvious silence on the rite of foot washing in 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 as evidence of not perpetuating the practice in the Christian Church.
Peter Obeng Manu , Kenneth Oppong
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A Comparative Study of Word Orders in the Law Code of Hammurabi and the Book of Covenant

open access: yesJournal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2022
The article examines how words are arranged in twenty-nine laws of the law code of Hammurabi and Exodus 21:2-22:16 through a comparative study to argue that these words are arranged to reflect Babylonian and Israelite theologies.
Babatunde Adekunle Ogunlana
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Jacobus Capitein's Translation of 'Lord's Prayer' into Mfantse: An Example of Creative Mother Tongue Hermeneutics

open access: yes, 2022
Jacobus Elisa Johannes Capitein (1717-1747) was the first African Protestant chaplain at the Elmina Castle, Gold Coast (Ghana). He is credited with the translation of the popular Christian prayer, usually referred to as 'The Lord Prayer,' into the ...
Ekem, John D. Kwamena
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The Concept of Evil in African Communities: The Case of the Yoruba, Akan and Igbo People [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2021
Traditionally, Africans see themselves as each other’s keeper, and that is the main reason for the concern shown towards each other and the general wellbeing of all in society.
Godfred Adjei Nyarko
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Life in the eucharistic community : an empirical study in psychological type theory and biblical hermeneutics reading John 6:5–15 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This study employs psychological type theory to analyse the ways in which a group of 13 newly ordained Anglican priests (in priest’s orders for 3 or 4 months) reflected on the Eucharistic imagery of the Johannine feeding narrative. In the first exercise,
Jones, Susan H., Francis, Leslie J.
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Abosom, A Theological Issue in the Celebration of Odwira by the Akuapem of Ghana [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2020
The people of Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana celebrate Odwira annually. Akuapem Christians see the celebration of Odwira as bosomsom (service or worship of gods/deities/divinities) which conflicts with their faith as God commands that “Christians”
Ernestina Afriyie
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Mother tongue : A study of the visions that parents with foreign backgrounds have of their mother tongue and mother tongue education

open access: yes, 2011
My intention with this study was to examine the concepts “mother tongue” and “mother tongue education” and how these concepts are understood by some parents.
Suner, Guler
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