Hermeneutics and social transformation : a selection from the essays of Bernard C. Lategan /
Hermeneutics and social transformation : a selection from the essays of Bernard C. Lategan /
guest editor, Dirk J. Smit ; series editor, Len Hansen.
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- Beyers Naudé Centre series on public theology ; volume X .
- Beyers Naudé Centre series on public theology ; v. 10. .
Includes bibliographical references.
"Hermeneutics, what is that then? : an introduction / Current issues in the hermeneutical debate -- Coming to grips with the reader -- Scholar and ordinary reader -- The challenge of contextuality -- Aspects of a contextual hermeneutics for South Africa -- Reading Romans 13 in a South African context -- Some remarks on the pragmatic thrust of Galatians 3:28 -- History, historiography and hermeneutics -- Remembering with the future in mind -- Mapping the hermeneutical process -- Taking the third public seriously -- Some implications of the family concept in New Testament texts -- Imagination and transformation -- The quality of young democracies from a constitutional perspective -- Values, interests, power and democracy -- Developing common values in situations of plurality and social transformation -- The option for inclusive democracy -- Exploring some contours of being human together -- "I am..." : on the question of single and multiple identities. Dirk J. Smit -- Part 1. Hermeneutics. Part 2. Social transformation.
Open Access
1920689923 9781920689926
Lategan, Bernard C.
Bible--Hermeneutics.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Social change--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Democracy--South Africa.
Values.
Electronic books.
BS511.3 / .H476 2015eb
220.601
Includes bibliographical references.
"Hermeneutics, what is that then? : an introduction / Current issues in the hermeneutical debate -- Coming to grips with the reader -- Scholar and ordinary reader -- The challenge of contextuality -- Aspects of a contextual hermeneutics for South Africa -- Reading Romans 13 in a South African context -- Some remarks on the pragmatic thrust of Galatians 3:28 -- History, historiography and hermeneutics -- Remembering with the future in mind -- Mapping the hermeneutical process -- Taking the third public seriously -- Some implications of the family concept in New Testament texts -- Imagination and transformation -- The quality of young democracies from a constitutional perspective -- Values, interests, power and democracy -- Developing common values in situations of plurality and social transformation -- The option for inclusive democracy -- Exploring some contours of being human together -- "I am..." : on the question of single and multiple identities. Dirk J. Smit -- Part 1. Hermeneutics. Part 2. Social transformation.
Open Access
1920689923 9781920689926
Lategan, Bernard C.
Bible--Hermeneutics.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Social change--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Democracy--South Africa.
Values.
Electronic books.
BS511.3 / .H476 2015eb
220.601