Global Voices: Reading the Bible in the Majority World
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, 2013
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Overview
This book, a collection of essays from ethnically diverse scholars familiar with both non-Western and Western hermeneutic traditions, explores what it means to allow the interpretations of the non-Western church to be heard—heeded and appreciated—by the Western church and its educated elite.
Evangelical scholars, college and seminary professors, trained evangelical pastors, and evangelicals of many nationalities and ethnicities who minister in the West will find these collected essays fascinating and encouraging.
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- Features essays from a group of ethnically diverse scholars with responses to each essay
- Explores biblical interpretations of the non-Western church
- Provides an introduction to the emerging global discussion of the interpretation and application of Scriptures to Christians
- Introduction—Craig Keener and M. Daniel Carroll R.
- Reading the Bible through Other Lenses: New Vistas from an Hispanic Diaspora Perspective—M. Daniel Carroll R.
- Response—K. K. Yeo
- Neither Tamil Nor Sinhalese: Reading Galatians in Sri Lanka—David A. DeSilva
- Response—Nijay Gupta
- Word Becoming Flesh [On Appropriation]: Engaging Daniel as a Survival Manual—Barbara M. Leung Lai
- Response—Chloe Sun
- Reading Ephesians 6:10–18 in the Light of African Pentecostal Spirituality—J. Ayodeji Adewuya
- Response—Daniel Darko
- The Bible as Specimen, Talisman, and Dragoman in Africa: A look at Some African uses of the Psalms and 1 Corinthians 12–14—Grant LeMarquand
- Response—Osvaldo Padilla
As someone who was descended from immigrants from Okinawa to Hawaii, the most racially and culturally diverse state in the Union, I can keenly appreciate the insight the writers of the essays in this volume have offered as to the relevance of particular Scriptures to a variety of cultural and ethnic groups throughout the world and to immigrant communities in the United States.
—Edwin Yamauchi, Professor Emeritus, Miami University
This is a little book with a big vision. It is written by a rich array of global voices. It challenges us to read the Bible in a fresh way with an awareness of a bigger world. It opens up new angles on the biblical text and asks us to embrace a greater diversity of voices and topics in our work. It is a needed word, well worth the reading and reflection.
—Darrell L Bock, Executive Director of Cultural Engagement, Center for Christian Leadership, Senior Research Professor of New, Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
White Europeans and North Americans have for some time been a minority in the Christian Church worldwide, but coming to terms with that fact has been a slow process. There is often still the assumption that European theologians and institutions have the necessary understanding of the truth which they then offer to less educated ‘foreigners’ for the benefit of the latter. Only gradually is it coming to be realised that Christians from many countries have a role to play in understanding and living out the revelation of God in the Bible. Indeed western white Christians have a great deal to learn from brothers and sisters in the ‘majority (non-white) world’, where cultures can often be much closer to the biblical world than is the case in the West. The chapters in this book bring together contributors from diverse ethnic backgrounds, including Nigerian, Guatemalan, Sinhalese, Indian, Canadian, American, Japanese-American and Chinese-American. Ten papers are offered, in pairs, with the second being a response to the first in each pair. Subjects covered include how to read the Bible from a Hispanic perspective, applying Galatians in the context of Sri Lanka, lessons from Daniel, spiritual warfare in Ephesians 6, and African uses of the Psalms. There is much here to stimulate thought, both in agreement and in disagreement, but there can be no doubt that Christian voices from the majority world have much to say and need to be given attention and respect.
—David McKay, Reformed Theological Journal
- Title: Global Voices : Reading the Bible in the Majority World
- Authors: Craig Keener, Dr. M. Daniel Carroll Rodas, K. K. Yeo, David A. deSilva, Nijay K. Gupta, Daniel K. Darko, Osvaldo Padilla, Barbara M. Leung Lai, J. Ayodeji Adewuya, Grant LeMarquand, Chloe T. Sun
- Publisher: Hendrickson
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Pages: 144
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Resource ID: LLS:GLBLVCSMJRTWRLD
- Resource Type: Monograph
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