Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology (Aug 2023)

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

  • John Kwasi Fosu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.38159/motbit.2023561
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 6
pp. 85 – 94

Abstract

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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.

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