Biblical Resistance Hermeneutics within a Caribbean Context
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Biblical Resistance Hermeneutics within a Caribbean Context

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Biblical Resistance Hermeneutics within a Caribbean Context

About this book

The Bible is of central importance within Caribbean life but is rarely used as an agent for social change. Caribbean biblical hermeneutics focus more on the meaning of biblical texts for today and less on the context in which the texts themselves were written. 'Biblical Resistance Hermeneutics within a Caribbean Context' offers a biblical hermeneutic that acknowledges the importance of the socio-ideological interests, theological agendas, and social practices that produced the biblical texts, as well as the socio-cultural context of the contemporary reader. The book examines the social context of post-independence Caribbean and outlines the difficulties of biblical interpretation within Christian communities that descend from a history of slavery. Current hermeneutical practices in the Caribbean are critiqued and a biblical resistant reading offered that enables the Bible to be used as a cultural weapon of resistance.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781845536565
eBook ISBN
9781134939848
Edition
1
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction: Stating the Case
  7. 1 Tracking Biblical Hermeneutical Practices within the Caribbean
  8. 2 Analysing biblical hermeneutical practices within the Caribbean
  9. 3 Putting Philemon in its place
  10. 4 "Readings" of Philemon
  11. 5 Towards a biblical resistant hermeneutic within a Caribbean context
  12. 6 Implications of a biblical resistant hermeneutic within a Caribbean context
  13. 7 Conclusion
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index