The Bible and human development in Africa:
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Nairobi, Kenya
Acton Publishers
2001
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | African Christianity series
Biblical studies in African scholarship |
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| Beschreibung: | xv, 311 p. |
| ISBN: | 9966888977 |
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THE BIBLE
AND
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IN AFRICA
by
M T Speckman
ACTON PUBLISHERS,
Nairobi, Kenya
Contents
FOREWORD xiii
PREFACE xv
INTRODUCTION 1
1 Searching for a New Intervention Strategy 1
2 Why the Bible? 4
3 Origins of the Study 6
4 Method 9
5 Synopsis 10
NOTES 11
I RELIEF, FOREIGN AID AND THE MAKING OF A BEGGAR 13
1 Introduction 13
2 Funding Policies 14
3 Relief and Development Aid 18
4 Food and Technological Assistance 19
5 Reactions to Relief and Aid 20
6 Trade and Development Aid 21
7 The Impact on Recipients of Aid 24
a) Diminishing Institutional Capacity 24
b) Lack of Economic Initiative 26
8 The Making of 'Third World' Beggars 27
9 A Choice between Begging and Death 33
10 Conclusion 34
NOTES 34
n HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND CONTEXTUAL BIBLE READ
1 Introduction 35
2 The Contextual Paradigm 37
3 Challenge from the Kairos Document 38
4 Black Theology's Search for a Liberative Hermeneutic 39
5 The Need to Break the Vicious Circle 40
6 Croatto's Hermeneutic Approach 42
7 Text and Context: Which comes First? 44
8 Creativity and Context 45
9 Gerald West's Three Modes of Reading the Bible 47
10 Who is Privileged to Read Contextually? 50
11 Conclusion 52
IX
NOTES 53
III CONVENTIONAL AND CONTEXTUAL EXEGESIS 54
1 Introduction 54
2 Philosophy and Contextualisation 55
3 Can 'Contextual be 'Scientific'? 56
4 Incompatible but Complementary Approaches 58
5 The Pro Bono Pro Publica Principle 62
6 Focus on Text and Context: The Exegetical Task 64
7 Contextual Exegesis within a Post-Critical Paradigm 66
8 Towardss a Definition of Contextual Exegesis: Sturdy Legs? 68
9 Contextual Exegesis and Human Development 73
10 Conclusion 79
IV TWO APPROACHES TO'DEVELOPMENT': 82
1 Introduction 82
2 The 'Modernity Approach' to 'Development' 82
3 The 'Post-Modemity' Micro Approach 86
4 The African View of Development 89
5 A Contextual-Developmental Approach 93
6 Categories of a Contextual-Cevelopmental Approach 96
7 Conclusion 97
NOTES 98
V BEGGARS AND SOCIETY IN ANTIQUITY 101
1 Introduction 101
2 Evidence of the Presence of Beggars in Antiquity5 102
3 The Problem of Names and Labels 103
4 Types of' Beggars' 106
5 Social Attitudes: Reception of Beggars in Society 118
6 The Graeco-Roman Concept of Charity 119
7 Conclusion 146
NOTES 129
VI THE JUDAEO-CHRISTTAN CONCEPT OF CHARITY 134
1 Introduction 134
2 Almsgiving 134
3 Christian Social Intervention: Relief and Charity 137
5 Emerging Trends 141
6 Conclusion 146
NOTES 146
VII CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTION OF HEALING
1 Introduction 148
2 Conceptual Clarifications 150
3 Characteristics of Miracles 154
4 Types of Miracles 155
5 Healing Miracle Stories 157
6 Demon Possession 160
7 An Anthropological Model 161
8 Pilch's Application of Medical Anthropology ' 162
9 The Political-Economic Medical Anthropology (PEMA) 165
10 An African Church Model 167
11 Conclusion 170
NOTES 171
VIII HEALING MIRACLE-STORIES IN ANTIQUITY 175
1 Introduction 175
2 Authentication 175
3 The Miracle-Worker 176
4 The Herald's Stories 187
5 Transformation 189
6 Empowerment: The Will to 'Stand on One's Own Legs' 196
7 The Empowering Moment 202
8 Conclusion 204
K A CONTEXTUAL-DEVELOPMENTAL READING
OF ACTS 3:1-10 208
1 Introduction 208
2 Alms or Legs?: Luke's Presentation of the Miracle Story 210
3 'Healing' or 'Exorcism'? 2i3
4 Inference of the term 'Beggar' 216
5 The Broad Structure of Acts 3-4 216
6 A Micro- Structure: Acts 3:1-10 220
7 Acts 3:1-10 Within the Lucan Miracle Genre 225
NOTES 227
X THENOTION1 OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 233
1 Introduction 233
2 The Problem of Dependency : 234
3 Health as Foundation of Human Activity 238
4 Empowerment of the Individual and Community 241
5 Begging or the Power of Jesus? 250
6 Conclusion 252
NOTES 253
XI CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REALITY: 255
1 Introduction 255
2 Salvation 257
3 Acts 3: 1-10 and the Meaning of Human Development 261
4 Conclusion 278
NOTES 279
XII IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IN AFRICA 281
1 Introduction 281
2 Conclusions 283
3 Implications for Human Development in South Africa 285
4 Implications for Human Development Throughout Africa 288
NOTES 291
BIBLIOGRAPHY 292 |
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