Reading the Bible, Learning Ourselves: A Contextual Bible Study with Culturally Hybrid Youth

While the resources for biblical interpretation are multiplying, there are no current models for reading biblical texts in community with culturally hybrid persons. Contextual Bible Study (CBS) presents a pedagogical framework to help fill the gap. This article offers an overview of CBS as well as a...

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Main Author: Cariaga, Peter H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2022
In: Religious education
Year: 2022, Volume: 117, Issue: 5, Pages: 426-438
Further subjects:B disenfranchised grief
B Third Culture Kids
B Lamentations
B cultural hybridity
B Contextual Bible Study
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Summary:While the resources for biblical interpretation are multiplying, there are no current models for reading biblical texts in community with culturally hybrid persons. Contextual Bible Study (CBS) presents a pedagogical framework to help fill the gap. This article offers an overview of CBS as well as a case study that looks at a reading community (a specific group of culturally hybrid young adults) that uses a relevant experience (migration-related grief) to interpret a resonant text (Lamentations 1).
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2022.2137663