Christian hermeneutics in South Africa / / Hendrik Goede, Nicolaas Vorster.

• Superior document: Reformed theology in Africa series
• VerfasserIn: Goede, Hendrik,; Vorster, Nicolaas,
• TeilnehmendeR: Vorster, Nicolaas,
• Place / Publishing House: Cape Town, South Africa : : AOSIS,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Reformed theology in Africa series.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 240 pages).

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 assemblies have to make important decisions on co...

Table of Contents

• Abbreviations and table appearing in the text and notes xiii
• List of abbreviations xiii
• Table list xiii
• Notes on contributors xv
• Introduction 1 Nico Vorster & Hendrik Goede
• Chapter 1: Reformed hermeneutics in South Africa: Its presuppositions,
• principles, nuances and value 13 Albert J. Coetsee & Hendrik Goede
• Chapter 2: Pentecostal hermeneutics for Africa: Definition
• and application 39 Marius Nel
• Chapter 3: The hermeneutics of suspicion 65Jaco Kruger
• Chapter 4: The hermeneutics of liberation theology:
• Appreciation and critique 93J.M. Vorster
• Chapter 5: Postcolonial hermeneutics 115Philip La Grange du Toit
• Chapter 6: Can the indigenes outwit the colonial settlers and regain land? Rereading the Joshua narrative: Land grab through decolonial lens in the South African context 131 Hulisani Ramantswana
• Chapter 7: Ecofeminist hermeneutics 155 Susara J. Nortjé-Meyer
• Chapter 8: Towards embodied biblical hermeneutics - A conversation with ubuntu and Gabriel Marcel's philosophy 181
• Zorodzai Dube
• Conclusion 188
• References 191
• Index 213.