The (im)possibility of Forgiveness?: An Empirical Intercultural Bible Reading of Matthew 18.15-35 - Couverture souple

Forster, Dion

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1928314341 ISBN 13 : 9781928314349

Editeur : Sun Press, 2017

Synopsis

This book deals with contested and topical matters. Biblical hermeneutics has always been contested - how to read and understand Biblical passages. Things become even more contested when such passages are read inter-culturally; they become even more contested when the words are about contested personal and social issues, like Jesus' words on forgiveness in Matthew 18. Empirical studies like this show how deeply contested such readings truly are in the context of South African churches, with their painful histories of division and conflict. Future academic work will, therefore, benefit from the creative and careful methodological approach developed in this study. However, this book offers much more than academic promise - precisely because of the theme, so topical today and without doubt topical for a long time to come and in many other places in our contemporary world as well. Forster offers resources for reading and conversation for everyone concerned with public life today. This is public theology in action, showing how faith matters - without prescribing answers, but rather by invitation to join an informed discussion.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dion Forster is the Chair of the Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, Stellenbosch University, where he teaches Ethics and Public Theology. He is also the Director of the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology at Stellenbosch University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sun Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1928314341
• ISBN 13: 9781928314349
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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