Paul, a stranger in Africa?
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Paul, a stranger in Africa? | |
| Creator | Punt, Jeremy | |
| Description | Scholars in the past have signalled the almost complete absence of Paul – as a cypher for the Pauline letters and tradition(s) – in Africa. The apparent lack of use or deliberate ignoring of Paul in Black, African and Liberation Theologies on the continent in all its pluralist variety and richness is generally taken as testimony to the perceived strangeness of the apostle in Africa. However, even if Paul’s strangeness does not equate with his absence, at least not altogether, Paul’s profiles in Africa include dimensions such as Paul as a stranger, as an unwelcome guest, as a conquering traveller and as a victim of tradition. I argue that Paul’s absence from as well as strangeness in Africa may be more apparent than real, and that hermeneutical patterns and practices more than epistolary content may have played a stronger role in the construal of Paul in Africa.Contribution: Evaluating a range of entrenched interpretive profiles of Paul in Africa exposed certain hermeneutical tendencies that offer the potential for reinterpretation and reassessment of the use of Pauline materials on the continent and elsewhere. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2023-04-03 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v79i4.8371 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 79, No 4 (2023); 8 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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