HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies (Jan 1989)

Kontekstualisering as hermeneutiese vraagstuk

  • E. Engelbrecht

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v45i2.2271
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 45, no. 2
pp. 370 – 386

Abstract

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Contextualisation as hermeneutical question Christian proclamation has always been aware of the need to apply its message meaningfully. As such, contextualisation is a hermeneutical question proper. In modern times contextualisation is given a special meaning. It now refers to meaningfulness in a political context. This critical political paradigm asks why the oppressed receive so little attention in Western theology, This study gives relief to several motifs of the Reformation. A basic pattern is developed in such a way that it is able to establish questions about horizontal love and a just social structure as an important facet of theological reflection.