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Interpretation of Scripture occurs within one’s worldview and culture, which enhances our understanding and ability to apply Scripture in the world. However, few books address Bible interpretation from an African perspective and no other textbook uses the intercultural approach found here. This book brings both an awareness of how one’s African context gives a lens to hermeneutics, but also how...

transcendence. The consequence of this belief is that the Supreme Being is viewed as “remote from the everyday life of a traditional African.”11 However, God’s transcendence must be understood in light of African holism and not as God isolating himself from his creation. Holism is the belief that life is interdependent and integrated and is governed by a law of harmony.12 The Supreme Being is thought to assign duties and responsibilities to lesser spirit beings, gods, and divinities who then interact
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