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Bible and transformation : the promise of intercultural Bible reading / edited by Hans de Wit and Janet Dyk.

Contributor(s): Wit, Hans de, 1949- [editor.] | Dyk, J. W [editor.] | Society of Biblical Literature [publisher.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Semeia studies: no. 81.Publisher: Atlanta : SBL Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: viii, 477 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781628371055; 1628371056Subject(s): Bible -- Hermeneutics | Intercultural communication -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityDDC classification: 220.609 LOC classification: BS476 | .B4928 2015Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction / Hans de Wit, Janet Dyk -- The dynamics of intercultural Bible reading: conceptual framework -- Intercultural Bible reading as transformation for liberation: intercultural hermeneutics and biblical studies / Fernando F. Segovia -- Bible and transformation: the many faces of transformation / Hans de Wit -- The ethics of transformative reading: the text, the other, and oneself / John Mansford Prior -- Transformation in intercultural Bible reading: a view from practical theology / Daniel S. Schipani -- Toward transformation: factors in transformative reading / Danie C. van Zyl -- Growing together: the benefits of intercultural Bible studies at the local level / Werner Kahl -- Rape and outrage: case studies on 2 Samuel 13 -- In her memory: Tamar's story in global perspective -- The effect of cultural setting: semantics, the role of the father, and gossip (a dialogue between Indonesia and Germany) / Batara Sihombing -- Reading the text, reading the others, reading ourselves (a dialogue between Germany and Indonesia) / Rainer Kessler -- Personal application, social justice, and social transformation (a dialogue between Myanmar and the Netherlands) / La Rip Marip -- "Baby, it's cold outside": coercive and persuasive discourse and hegemony (a dialogue between the United States and the Netherlands) / Jeff Moore -- In her memory: Tamar's story in local perspective -- How to share stories of trauma: reading Tamar in Amsterdam / Willemien van Berkum -- "We are all Tamar": transforming culture through the Bible (a dialogue within Amsterdam) / Godian Ejiogu -- Stories are close, reports are far: the limits of intercultural Bible reading with homeless people (a dialogue within Amsterdam) / Luc Tanja -- Making the circle safer: intercultural Bible reading in the context of sexual violence (a dialogue within South Africa) / Charlene van der Walt, Kim Barker -- The biblical text as a heterotopic intercultural site: in search of redemptive masculinities (a dialogue within South Africa) / Gerald West --
Together at the tomb: case studies on John 20 -- "It has been ordained by our ancestors that women keep quiet": intercultural reading as a challenge to cultural roles (a dialogue between Indonesia and Bolivia) / Batara Sihombing -- Ghosts, women, and evangelism (a dialogue between Bolivia and Indonesia) / Esa Autero -- Easter at Christmas: reading a familiar text in unfamiliar ways (a dialogue among Ghana, Colombia, and the Netherlands) / Eric Nii Bortey Anum -- "We are so beautiful": reading the Bible and transforming life (a dialogue between Colombia and the Netherlands) / Ignacio Antonio Madera Vargas -- Looking beyond secularism and communism: experiences from eastern Cuba (a dialogue between Cuba and the Netherlands) / Ricardo González Kindelan -- Looking for the body of Jesus: Mary Magdalene through the eyes of an ancestral Peruvian culture (a dialogue between Peru and India) / Marisol Ale Díaz, Manuel Obeso Perez -- The complex role of views on the Bible in intercultural encounters (a dialogue among Cuba, Colombia, Ghana, and the Netherlands) / Hans Snoek -- Am I my sister's keeper?: case studies on other texts -- Am I my brother's keeper?: justice and transformation in a Malagasy-Norwegian dialogue (Genesis 4) / Knut Holter -- Breaking down the boundaries that appear to make us enemies (a dialogue between Dominicans and Haitians on Ruth) / Digna María Adames Nuñez -- On becoming a family in South Africa: intercultural Bible reading as transformative power in society (Luke 11:1-13) / Louis Jonker -- An intimate revelation: reading Luke 15:11-32 with adolescents / Taggert E. Wolverton -- Sharing memories, overcoming solitude: reading the story of the widow and the unjust judge in situations of impunity in Latin America (a dialogue among Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, and Guatemala) / José Vicente Vergara Hoyos -- Concluding reflections / Hans de Wit, Janet Dyk.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS476 .B4928 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903427058

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Hans de Wit, Janet Dyk -- Part 1. The dynamics of intercultural Bible reading: conceptual framework -- Intercultural Bible reading as transformation for liberation: intercultural hermeneutics and biblical studies / Fernando F. Segovia -- Bible and transformation: the many faces of transformation / Hans de Wit -- The ethics of transformative reading: the text, the other, and oneself / John Mansford Prior -- Transformation in intercultural Bible reading: a view from practical theology / Daniel S. Schipani -- Toward transformation: factors in transformative reading / Danie C. van Zyl -- Growing together: the benefits of intercultural Bible studies at the local level / Werner Kahl -- Part 2. Rape and outrage: case studies on 2 Samuel 13 -- Part 2.1. In her memory: Tamar's story in global perspective -- The effect of cultural setting: semantics, the role of the father, and gossip (a dialogue between Indonesia and Germany) / Batara Sihombing -- Reading the text, reading the others, reading ourselves (a dialogue between Germany and Indonesia) / Rainer Kessler -- Personal application, social justice, and social transformation (a dialogue between Myanmar and the Netherlands) / La Rip Marip -- "Baby, it's cold outside": coercive and persuasive discourse and hegemony (a dialogue between the United States and the Netherlands) / Jeff Moore -- Part 2.2. In her memory: Tamar's story in local perspective -- How to share stories of trauma: reading Tamar in Amsterdam / Willemien van Berkum -- "We are all Tamar": transforming culture through the Bible (a dialogue within Amsterdam) / Godian Ejiogu -- Stories are close, reports are far: the limits of intercultural Bible reading with homeless people (a dialogue within Amsterdam) / Luc Tanja -- Making the circle safer: intercultural Bible reading in the context of sexual violence (a dialogue within South Africa) / Charlene van der Walt, Kim Barker -- The biblical text as a heterotopic intercultural site: in search of redemptive masculinities (a dialogue within South Africa) / Gerald West --

Part 3. Together at the tomb: case studies on John 20 -- "It has been ordained by our ancestors that women keep quiet": intercultural reading as a challenge to cultural roles (a dialogue between Indonesia and Bolivia) / Batara Sihombing -- Ghosts, women, and evangelism (a dialogue between Bolivia and Indonesia) / Esa Autero -- Easter at Christmas: reading a familiar text in unfamiliar ways (a dialogue among Ghana, Colombia, and the Netherlands) / Eric Nii Bortey Anum -- "We are so beautiful": reading the Bible and transforming life (a dialogue between Colombia and the Netherlands) / Ignacio Antonio Madera Vargas -- Looking beyond secularism and communism: experiences from eastern Cuba (a dialogue between Cuba and the Netherlands) / Ricardo González Kindelan -- Looking for the body of Jesus: Mary Magdalene through the eyes of an ancestral Peruvian culture (a dialogue between Peru and India) / Marisol Ale Díaz, Manuel Obeso Perez -- The complex role of views on the Bible in intercultural encounters (a dialogue among Cuba, Colombia, Ghana, and the Netherlands) / Hans Snoek -- Part 4. Am I my sister's keeper?: case studies on other texts -- Am I my brother's keeper?: justice and transformation in a Malagasy-Norwegian dialogue (Genesis 4) / Knut Holter -- Breaking down the boundaries that appear to make us enemies (a dialogue between Dominicans and Haitians on Ruth) / Digna María Adames Nuñez -- On becoming a family in South Africa: intercultural Bible reading as transformative power in society (Luke 11:1-13) / Louis Jonker -- An intimate revelation: reading Luke 15:11-32 with adolescents / Taggert E. Wolverton -- Sharing memories, overcoming solitude: reading the story of the widow and the unjust judge in situations of impunity in Latin America (a dialogue among Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, and Guatemala) / José Vicente Vergara Hoyos -- Concluding reflections / Hans de Wit, Janet Dyk.

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