Emancipatory Intercultural Hermeneutics: Interpreting Theo Sundermeier’s Differenzhermeneutik

This article introduces and assesses Sundermeier’s “hermeneutic of difference” (Differenzhermeneutik). Though he is not well-known in English-speaking circles, the pioneering work of Theo Sundermeier has contributed to a hermeneutical and intercultural turn within the field of missiology, as well as...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mission studies
1. VerfasserIn: Congdon, David W. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2016
In: Mission studies
Jahr: 2016, Band: 33, Heft: 2, Seiten: 127-146
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Sundermeier, Theo 1935- / Differenzhermeneutik / Missionswissenschaft / Interkulturelle Theologie
RelBib Classification:KDD Evangelische Kirche
RJ Mission; Missionswissenschaft
weitere Schlagwörter:B Intercultural Theology hermeneutics liberation theology translation convivencia praxis
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Zusammenfassung:This article introduces and assesses Sundermeier’s “hermeneutic of difference” (Differenzhermeneutik). Though he is not well-known in English-speaking circles, the pioneering work of Theo Sundermeier has contributed to a hermeneutical and intercultural turn within the field of missiology, as well as a missiological and practical turn within hermeneutics. He criticizes the western hermeneutical tradition for being text-centric and egocentric, and he replaces the standard hermeneutical models with one that is focused on the practical problem of understanding the stranger. I summarize the four-step process he provides for learning how to understand and coexist with another person, reflect on its missiological implications, and offer a constructive critique in the direction of a distinctively emancipatory intercultural hermeneutic.
ISSN:1573-3831
Enthält:In: Mission studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341444