Open AccessAfrican biblical studies: Illusions, realities and challenges
Author(s) -
David Tuesday Adamo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
in die skriflig/in die skriflig
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-0853
pISSN - 1018-6441
DOI - 10.4102/ids.v50i1.1972
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , illusion , perspective (graphical) , context (archaeology) , biblical studies , christianity , epistemology , subject (documents) , sociology , philosophy , history , religious studies , psychology , theology , art , archaeology , linguistics , neuroscience , library science , computer science , visual arts
African Biblical Studies is a biblical interpretation for the purpose of transformation in Africa. It is the biblical interpretation that makes the ‘African social cultural context a subject of interpretation’. It is also the rereading of the Christian Scripture in a premeditatedly Africentric perspective. It means that biblical interpretation is done from the perspective of the African worldview. The purpose of this article is to discuss some illusions or misunderstandings, realities and challenges facing African biblical studies. Some of these illusions are that African Biblical Studies is fetish, syncretistic and primitive, local and not popular or universal. The basic distinctive realities and challenges facing African Biblical Studies are also critically discussed for the purpose of understanding what African Biblical Studies is and to make African Christianity more authentic in Africa.