Response to "Embracing Postcolonialism: The Future of Christian Education" by Mark A. Maddix

The commitment of postcolonial studies to honor the perspectives of oppressed and marginalized groups is commendable. However, allowing the contemporary context of any group to determine the meaning of a Scripture passage is suspect. The context of the composition of the text, rather than the contex...

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1. VerfasserIn: Short, Sharon Warkentin (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sage Publications [2018]
In: Christian education journal
Jahr: 2018, Band: 15, Heft: 3, Seiten: 491-493
RelBib Classification:FD Kontextuelle Theologie
HA Bibel
KDG Freikirche
VB Logik; philosophische Hermeneutik; philosophische Erkenntnislehre
weitere Schlagwörter:B Postcolonial Theology
B Postcolonialism
B Postcolonial Studies
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Zusammenfassung:The commitment of postcolonial studies to honor the perspectives of oppressed and marginalized groups is commendable. However, allowing the contemporary context of any group to determine the meaning of a Scripture passage is suspect. The context of the composition of the text, rather than the context of the reader, should guide interpretation.
ISSN:2378-525X
Bezug:Kritik von "Embracing Postcolonialism (2018)"
Enthält:Enthalten in: Christian education journal
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0739891318810937