Building a united community: Reading the Johannine concept of unity through the eyes of an Akan

From the 1960s, African theologians sought to decolonise biblical scholarship, calling for a hermeneutical approach that pays attention to the African sociocultural context – inculturation. One of the undergirding principles of inculturation is that there are African sociocultural questions that the...

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Published in:	Hervormde teologiese studies Vol. 79; no. 4; pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors:	Gharbin, Godibert K., Van Eck, Ernest
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pretoria African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS 2023 AOSIS (Pty) Ltd University of Pretoria AOSIS
Subjects:	Akan (African people) akan community akan proverbs Beliefs, opinions and attitudes Bible Christianity Communitarianism Community Contextualism Cooperation Culture Decision making Exegesis & hermeneutics functional unity inculturation hermeneutics johannine community ontological equality Religion Religious aspects Self sufficiency Theology Africa inculturation hermeneutics Akan proverbs Akan community functional unity Johannine community ontological equality
ISSN:	0259-9422, 2072-8050, 2072-8050
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