Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and the Pursuit of Ethnic Harmony in Ghana
Ethnic disharmony exists among the people of Ghana. What are the reasons for this? Ghana is an amalgamation of different ethnic groups, cultures, peoples and states to form one entity. The partition of Africa is mainly responsible for this, though there are other contributing factors. The project to...
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| description | Ethnic disharmony exists among the people of Ghana. What are the reasons for this? Ghana is an amalgamation of different ethnic groups, cultures, peoples and states to form one entity. The partition of Africa is mainly responsible for this, though there are other contributing factors. The project to partition Africa led, in large measure, to the erosion of the African identity. The 19th- and 20th-century European Christian mission to southern West Africa exploited this reality to their mission advantage. Unfortunately, the result seems to be counterproductive because the mission project, for the most part, produced a version of Christianity that failed to affirm the African identity. Concerned Africans, now on a mission to deconstruct the imperialist, European mission-constructed West African Christian identity, realise that biblical interpretation is one major source of this decolonial agenda. How does a mother-tongue reading of Ephesians 2 help decolonise Eυe Christianity and promote ethnic harmony in Ghana? Using mother-tongue biblical hermeneutics, this paper argues that the pursuit of ethnic harmony in Ghana is a decolonial hermeneutic with potential for fostering ethnic harmony in Ghana. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6cb720509db942248cfb9f3e54a33d962023-12-22T14:38:33ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-11-011412149110.3390/rel14121491Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and the Pursuit of Ethnic Harmony in GhanaFrederick Mawusi Amevenku0Institute of Mother Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics, Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Accra, GhanaEthnic disharmony exists among the people of Ghana. What are the reasons for this? Ghana is an amalgamation of different ethnic groups, cultures, peoples and states to form one entity. The partition of Africa is mainly responsible for this, though there are other contributing factors. The project to partition Africa led, in large measure, to the erosion of the African identity. The 19th- and 20th-century European Christian mission to southern West Africa exploited this reality to their mission advantage. Unfortunately, the result seems to be counterproductive because the mission project, for the most part, produced a version of Christianity that failed to affirm the African identity. Concerned Africans, now on a mission to deconstruct the imperialist, European mission-constructed West African Christian identity, realise that biblical interpretation is one major source of this decolonial agenda. How does a mother-tongue reading of Ephesians 2 help decolonise Eυe Christianity and promote ethnic harmony in Ghana? Using mother-tongue biblical hermeneutics, this paper argues that the pursuit of ethnic harmony in Ghana is a decolonial hermeneutic with potential for fostering ethnic harmony in Ghana.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/12/1491ethnic harmonymother-tongue hermeneuticspartition of Africadecolonial hermeneutic |
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| title | Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and the Pursuit of Ethnic Harmony in Ghana |
| title_full | Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and the Pursuit of Ethnic Harmony in Ghana |
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| title_short | Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and the Pursuit of Ethnic Harmony in Ghana |
| title_sort | mother tongue biblical hermeneutics and the pursuit of ethnic harmony in ghana |
| topic | ethnic harmony mother-tongue hermeneutics partition of Africa decolonial hermeneutic |
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