Emancipatory Intercultural Hermeneutics: Interpreting Theo Sundermeier’s Differenzhermeneutik
This article introduces and assesses Sundermeier’s “hermeneutic of difference” (Differenzhermeneutik). Though he is not well-known in English-speaking circles, the pioneering work of Theo Sundermeier has contributed to a hermeneutical and intercultural turn within the field of missiology, as well as...
| Published in: | Mission studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Mission studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sundermeier, Theo 1935-
/ Differential hermeneutics
/ Missiology
/ Intercultural theology
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| RelBib Classification: | KDD Protestant Church RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Intercultural Theology
hermeneutics
liberation theology
translation
convivencia
praxis
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This article introduces and assesses Sundermeier’s “hermeneutic of difference” (Differenzhermeneutik). Though he is not well-known in English-speaking circles, the pioneering work of Theo Sundermeier has contributed to a hermeneutical and intercultural turn within the field of missiology, as well as a missiological and practical turn within hermeneutics. He criticizes the western hermeneutical tradition for being text-centric and egocentric, and he replaces the standard hermeneutical models with one that is focused on the practical problem of understanding the stranger. I summarize the four-step process he provides for learning how to understand and coexist with another person, reflect on its missiological implications, and offer a constructive critique in the direction of a distinctively emancipatory intercultural hermeneutic. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Contains: | In: Mission studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341444 |