Mother-Tongue Theological Hermeneutics: In Search of Relevant Glocal Interpretation of Scripture

John Kwasi Fosu

Issue: Vol.5  No.6 August 2023 Article 1  pp. 85-94
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/motbit.2023561  |   Published online 11th August, 2023.
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In the attempt to creatively bring the complex multi-religious (Judeo-Christian) scripture to bear on both the contemporary global and local Christian communities, a formulation of a relevant hermeneutical method becomes imperative. The reason is that in a globalised world, there is a tendency for a dominant culture to designate the interpretative approach that comes from a minor culture as only “contextually” relevant. The question that comes to mind is: Could there be an academic reflection in the interpretative process that is faithful to both the global and local contexts? This paper demonstrates the quest for such a relevant hermeneutical approach that could also be used to re-read biblical texts by introducing mother-tongue theological hermeneutics. This approach, understood and utilized, would therefore serve as a hermeneutical approach that bridges the gap between global and local perspectives on a biblical text.

Keywords: Mother-tongue, theological hermeneutics, Glocal, Scripture

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Rev. Dr. John Kwasi Fosu is a Senior Lecturer, School of Theology and Ministry Ghana Baptist University College, Ghana. He is also the Executive Director, Glocal Compassion gGmbH, Germany.

Fosu, John Kwasi. “Mother-Tongue Theological Hermeneutics: In Search of Relevant Glocal Interpretation of Scripture,” Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology 5, no.6(2023): 85-94. https://doi.org/10.38159/motbit.2023561

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