Hermeneutics and the Debate on Homosexuality in Africa
In this essay, I discuss hermeneutical approaches to the debate on homosexuality in the African context. I argue that the hermeneutics of Rudolf Bultmann offers a way of understanding the debate. I start with a general discussion of the response to homosexuality in Africa and follow that with a narr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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Religion & theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 22, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 69-99 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDE Anglican Church NCF Sexual ethics VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Homosexuality
Africa
church
sodomy
interpretation
Anglican
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | In this essay, I discuss hermeneutical approaches to the debate on homosexuality in the African context. I argue that the hermeneutics of Rudolf Bultmann offers a way of understanding the debate. I start with a general discussion of the response to homosexuality in Africa and follow that with a narration of perspectives from church leaders in Africa and proceed to discuss the work of Bultmann and in the last section apply the hermeneutical insights to point a way forward. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1574-3012 |
| Contains: | In: Religion & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15743012-02201003 |