The Ethical Challenge of Decolonisation and the Future of New Testament Studies
The challenge to decolonise academic disciplines has been pertinent for many decades, but it has recently come to a new level of prominence, with vigorous discussion of what responding to this challenge might entail. This article explores what it might mean as an ethical challenge in the discipline...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2023
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2023, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-57 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HC New Testament KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NCD Political ethics |
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Decolonisation
B C.H. Dodd B New Testament Studies B Asian Introduction B Johann Phillip Gabler B New Testament Introduction |
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| Summary: | The challenge to decolonise academic disciplines has been pertinent for many decades, but it has recently come to a new level of prominence, with vigorous discussion of what responding to this challenge might entail. This article explores what it might mean as an ethical challenge in the discipline of New Testament studies, using examples to illustrate two key (and related) tasks: the ‘parochialisation’ of European approaches to the discipline, and the paying of attention to perspectives from elsewhere in the world. After a brief introduction to the decolonial challenge, there follows a brief survey of changing perspectives on the tasks of biblical studies, beginning with Johann Phillip Gabler's influential lecture from 1787, then C.H. Dodd's 1936 inaugural lecture, through to the more recent assessments of Markus Bockmuehl and Martin Hengel. This is followed by a survey of works of New Testament Introduction, moving from the classic work of Werner Georg Kümmel to the very recent Asian Introduction to the New Testament, edited by Johnson Thomaskutty. Finally, in light of these surveys, this article offers some reflections on decolonisation and the future(s) of New Testament studies. These reflections may suggest both parallels for the discipline of Christian ethics, and implications for the nature of the relationship between biblical studies and Christian ethics. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Reference: | Kommentar in "Response to ‘The Ethical Challenge of Decolonisation and the Future of New Testament Studies’ (2023)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/09539468221131276 |