Reading the Bible in Africa

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" Reading the Bible in Africa "
David T. Ngong

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1067028
Doc. No	:	LA110657
Call No	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341316‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	David T. Ngong
Title & Author	:	Reading the Bible in Africa [Article]\ David T. Ngong
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Exchange
Date	:	2014
Volume/ Issue Number	:	43/2
Page No	:	174–191
Abstract	:	This paper describes inculturation biblical reading in a narrow way to include mainly that reading of the Bible that takes for granted what is believed to be a peculiarly African spiritualistic cosmology. A central element of this method includes pitting a supposedly African spiritualized cosmology against a supposedly Western rationalistic and disenchanted cosmology. Proponents of this method claim that a relevant biblical interpretation in the African context should enable Africans to deal with issues arising from their belief in an enchanted world. This essay problematizes the focus on this enchanted cosmology and argues that the African condition can be effectively addressed through interpreting the Bible in ways that encourage the development of the scientific imagination, which could lead to the development of science and technology and an improved standard of living for the people. This paper describes inculturation biblical reading in a narrow way to include mainly that reading of the Bible that takes for granted what is believed to be a peculiarly African spiritualistic cosmology. A central element of this method includes pitting a supposedly African spiritualized cosmology against a supposedly Western rationalistic and disenchanted cosmology. Proponents of this method claim that a relevant biblical interpretation in the African context should enable Africans to deal with issues arising from their belief in an enchanted world. This essay problematizes the focus on this enchanted cosmology and argues that the African condition can be effectively addressed through interpreting the Bible in ways that encourage the development of the scientific imagination, which could lead to the development of science and technology and an improved standard of living for the people.
Descriptor	:	Bible
Descriptor	:	inculturation hermeneutics
Descriptor	:	Pentecostalization
Descriptor	:	scientific imagination
Descriptor	:	spiritualized/enchanted cosmology
Descriptor	:	well-being
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341316‬