African Biblical Hermeneutics

Call For Papers: This section is devoted to the study of the Bible from African perspectives, and focuses on African issues. A diversity of methods reflecting the social-cultural diversity of Africa is used in reading the Bible. The emphasis is on encouraging readings of the Bible that are shaped by African perspectives and issues, and giving voice to African biblical scholars as they contribute to global biblical scholarship. Session 1 Any paper on topics related to African Biblical Hermeneutics are welcome for this session. Papers dealing with cultural, colonial, post-colonial, liberationist, feminist, and other readings are welcome. Session 2 This session, co-sponsored by Wabash Center, will be focused on the findings from a Wabash Grant project entitled Teaching Exegesis in Historically Black Theological Schools (HBTS) awarded to Shaw University in 2007. Select panelists made up of the participants in the Grant, will make presentations reflecting on their teaching practices and how they may have been affected by the grant findings. The principle grantees, James Ashmore and Andrew Mbuvi will respond. Session 3 Following the publication of The Africana Bible (Fortress, 2009), and The African Bible Commentary (Zondervan, 2006), this session is interested in papers that either critically interact with the content of the two books, or explore their impact in teaching Bible in colleges, and Seminaries in Africa and the African Diaspora, or how the landscape of biblical hermeneutics is expected to be shaped by such publications, etc. And given the interest in joint and collaborative efforts between Africana biblical scholars, where do we go from here?

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