عنوان

African Contextual Hermeneutics

Number

LA126602

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

African Contextual Hermeneutics

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Jonathan A. Draper

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

The role of the missionaries and their widespread dissemination of the Bible in the process of colonisation of Africa problematized the interpretation of its text, particularly in South Africa, where it was used both to legitimate apartheid and in the struggle for liberation. This paper documents the emergence of the "Tri-polar Model" (Grenholm and Patte, as modified by Draper) in African Contextual Hermeneutics, and problematises it in terms of the hegemonic role of the reader's "ideo-theological orientation" (West). A new way forward is sought through emphasising this role of the reader, but also the possibility of a "willing suspension of disbelief" (Coleridge) in the construction of the "othered self" through "conversation" with the text (Gadamer) and the role of "reading communities" (Fish) in demanding accountability from reader(s). The role of the missionaries and their widespread dissemination of the Bible in the process of colonisation of Africa problematized the interpretation of its text, particularly in South Africa, where it was used both to legitimate apartheid and in the struggle for liberation. This paper documents the emergence of the "Tri-polar Model" (Grenholm and Patte, as modified by Draper) in African Contextual Hermeneutics, and problematises it in terms of the hegemonic role of the reader's "ideo-theological orientation" (West). A new way forward is sought through emphasising this role of the reader, but also the possibility of a "willing suspension of disbelief" (Coleridge) in the construction of the "othered self" through "conversation" with the text (Gadamer) and the role of "reading communities" (Fish) in demanding accountability from reader(s).

Date of Publication

2015

Physical description

3-22

Title

Religion and Theology

Volume Number

22/1-2

International Standard Serial Number

1574-3012

Subject Term

"ideo-theological readers"

Subject Term

"tripolar method"

Subject Term

African contextual hermeneutics

Subject Term

reading communities

Jonathan A. Draper

Call Number

10.1163/15743012-02201005

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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