ORALITY AND PAULINE ‘CHRISTOLOGY’: SOME HERMENEUTICAL IMPLICATIONS

Inspired Subjectivity and Hermeneutical Objectivity

Objectivity is the goal of hermeneutics so that the text of Scripture may speak for itself. For an interpreter to bring his subjective views to the text jeopardizes the authority o f the Word. Two forces at work among evangelicals today tend to increase the subjective element in interpretation. The first is the principle of the analogy of faith or the harmonizing of different texts with one ano...

Toward a Hermeneutical Evolutionary Theory

Oral, but Oral What? The Nomenclatures of Orality and Their Implications

Orality and Learning in Oral Presentations

Research within the ‘student approaches to learning’ tradition pioneered by Marton and Säljö (1976; 1997) has addressed the influence of assessment on learning in two ways. Firstly, a number of comparative studies have identified the tendency of different forms of assessment to be associated with different approaches to learning (for example, Tang, 1994; Thomas and Bain, 1984; Scouller, 1998; a...

Pauline Challenge to African Masculinities: Reading Pauline Texts in the Context of Hiv/aids

This article discusses Pauline masculinity in the context of HIV/AIDS. If any success against HIV/AIDS is to be achieved, men need to be constructively involved in this struggle rather than merely being vilified. It is directed towards those who want to live by the ideals set by Paul. The article argues that in many ways Paul challenges dangerous masculinities and that, if his challenge is take...