Having an interesting and thought provoking time reading āMisreading Scripture With Western Eyes - Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bibleā by E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. OāBrien.
Itās a challenge to us to spotlight āwhat goes without sayingā in our own culture hence adds to the decolonisation conversation.
It throws up a specific linguistic argument against my own denominational forebears in the sphere of classical liberal theology, who argued that Jesus never claimed to be divine. The authors claim that by missing a bridging metaphor used throughout the Hebrew and Christian books of the Bible, significant connections are missed and real misunderstanding is at stake.
Iām looking forward to the next section, which counterpoints western individualism against collectivism.
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