عنوان

Reading the Bible in Africa

Number

LA110657

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Reading the Bible in Africa

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

David T. Ngong

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

This paper describes inculturation biblical reading in a narrow way to include mainly that reading of the Bible that takes for granted what is believed to be a peculiarly African spiritualistic cosmology. A central element of this method includes pitting a supposedly African spiritualized cosmology against a supposedly Western rationalistic and disenchanted cosmology. Proponents of this method claim that a relevant biblical interpretation in the African context should enable Africans to deal with issues arising from their belief in an enchanted world. This essay problematizes the focus on this enchanted cosmology and argues that the African condition can be effectively addressed through interpreting the Bible in ways that encourage the development of the scientific imagination, which could lead to the development of science and technology and an improved standard of living for the people. This paper describes inculturation biblical reading in a narrow way to include mainly that reading of the Bible that takes for granted what is believed to be a peculiarly African spiritualistic cosmology. A central element of this method includes pitting a supposedly African spiritualized cosmology against a supposedly Western rationalistic and disenchanted cosmology. Proponents of this method claim that a relevant biblical interpretation in the African context should enable Africans to deal with issues arising from their belief in an enchanted world. This essay problematizes the focus on this enchanted cosmology and argues that the African condition can be effectively addressed through interpreting the Bible in ways that encourage the development of the scientific imagination, which could lead to the development of science and technology and an improved standard of living for the people.

Date of Publication

2014

Physical description

174-191

Title

Exchange

Volume Number

43/2

International Standard Serial Number

1572-543X

Subject Term

Bible

Subject Term

inculturation hermeneutics

Subject Term

Pentecostalization

Subject Term

scientific imagination

Subject Term

spiritualized/enchanted cosmology

Subject Term

well-being

David T. Ngong

Call Number

10.1163/1572543X-12341316

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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Y