Border crossings : cross-cultural hermeneutics / edited by D.N. Premnath.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Premnath, Devadasan Nithya.

Sugirtharajah, R. S. (Rasiah S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible--Hermeneutics.

Hermeneutics.

Hermeneutics--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xi, 179 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [2007]

Summary:

Nine commissioned essays describe the most recent developments around the world in cross-cultural hermeneutics. The essays are grouped in three main sections: Biblical Perspectives, Theological Perspectives, and Missiological Perspectives. In a fascinating last chapter, D.N. Premnath interviews R. S. Sugirtharajah on the current state of postcolonial studies and biblical hermeneutics and the challenges and possibilities that lie ahead. A bibliography of works by R. S. Sugirtharajah is included.

Contents:

Foreward: A word of gratitude and congratulations "from the margin" / Fernando F. Segovia

Introduction / D. N. Premnath

Part 1. Biblical Perspectives:

1. Abram and Sarai cross the border: reading Genesis 12:10-20 with people on the move / Jean-Pierre Ruiz

2. Akkamahadevi and the Samaritan woman: paradigms of resistance and sympathy / Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon

3. A tale of two conversions: the mighty are brought down and the lowly are reluctant / Charles Amjad-Ali

4. Critical biblical hermeneutics of Li Rongfang: in the socio-intellectual context of China / Archie C. C. Lee

Part 2. Theological Perspectives:

5. Let God be Bod: crossing boundaries as a theological practice / M. Thomas Thangaraj

6. A theology of border passage / Kwok Pui-lan

Part 3. Pedagogical Perspectives:

7. Curriculum transformation: dreaming of decolonization in theological studies / Musa W. Dube

8. "Awakening" to a new approach to the Bible / S. Wesley Ariarajah

Part 4. Personal Perspectives:

9. Margins and mainstream: an interview with R. S. Sugirtharajah / D. N. Premnath

Notes:

"Essays in honor of "R.S. Sugirtharajah"--p. [v].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Works by R.S. Sugirtharajah": pages 167-169.

ISBN:

9781570757457

1570757453

OCLC:

144598112