Jude and 2 Peter PB

Mbuvi, Andrew M.

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“…Consequently, African theological projects sought to establish the inherent compatibility of African religious reality to the Bible message by arguing that African concepts of God were intrinsically monotheistic (Idowu 1962; Mbiti 1970a), theorizing that the concept of life after death (the living-dead) in African religions was compatible with the Christian concept of resurrection (Mbiti 1975; Bediako 1996), maintaining that the African belief in spirits was consistent with the biblical belief in spirits and demons (Green 1995: 339; Igenoza 1986: 39-48), and more. This ‘hermeneutic of rehabilitation’, or ‘hermeneutic of resonance’, between African realities and the biblical text (Green 1995: 337) became a primary occupation of the African theologians from then on (e.g., Mbuvi 2015).…”

Section: Thematic and Historic Overview Of African Biblical Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mbuvi (2015) comments on 2 Peter and Jude and incorporates ‘Fusing Horizons’ sections where African (Kenyan) cultural, historical, political, religious, social and economic realities provide lenses to read the two epistles. An analysis of inter- and intra-communal conflict forms the premise for comparing African communality with the communities of Jude and 2 Peter.…”

Section: Select African Biblical Commentaries and Volumesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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African Biblical Studies: An Introduction to an Emerging Discipline

Mbuvi

2017

Currents in Biblical Research

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African Biblical Studies (ABS) can be characterized both as innovative and reactionary: Innovative, because it refuses to be confined by the methodologies, ancient concerns, and principles that govern biblical studies in the 'west' (used throughout this article to refer to the majority Euro-American scholars while recognizing the presence of other groups), and instead charts a course that is more interested in making biblical interpretation relevant to present realities. Reactionary, because its driving force is partly a critique of the inadequacy of western biblical studies in providing meaningful responses to concerns that are pertinent to African communities. A genuine ABS is therefore an amalgamation of multiple interpretive methods, approaches and foci that reflect a creative engagement of the African cosmological reality and the Bible.

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Section: Thematic and Historic Overview Of African Biblical Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Select African Biblical Commentaries and Volumesmentioning

confidence: 99%