African Hermeneutics: The Current State - Theology In Africa

~Table of Contents~
Chapter 1- Introduction & Research Outline
1.1 Background 5
1.2 Objectives and Research Questions 6
1.3 Purpose 6
1.4 Methodology 7
1.5 Value of this research 7
1.6 Overview 7
Chapter 2 – Biographic summary of the key Contributors and a Literature
Survey
2.1 Key Contributors and Works
2.1.1 Dr. Grant LeMarquand 10
2.1.2 Prof. Gerald West 12
2.1.3 Dr. John Mbiti 13
2.1.4 Prof. Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza 14
2.1.5 Mercy Amba Oduyoye 16
Chapter 3 - The Current State of Hermeneutics in Africa
The Modern Development of Biblical Studies 18
in Africa and its Adjoining Influence on African
Hermeneutical Method
A Survey of Contemporary Exegetical Methods Employed in Africa
3.1 Liberation Hermeneutic 22
3.1.1 Feminist Hermeneutic 26
3.1.2 Deliverance Hermeneutic 31
3.1.3 Black Theology 32
3.2 White South African Hermeneutics 33
3.3 Missiological Hermeneutics 35
3.4 Neo-traditional Hermeneutics 37
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