What Is New about Reading the Bible with New Eyes?

書介 用新的眼光讀聖經。全書英文寫作。 目錄 Introduction / Huang Po Ho Part I Theological Discourse on Biblical Hermeneutics and the Role of Contextuality Walking Makes the Way: Possible Paths and Changes / Paulo Ueti Roots of Crashing Encounters The path Is Made by Walking Desiring the Path and Accepting Its Consequences Matching the Other’s Pace – Beginning with Reality Creating Space for Prayer: Disseminating the Potential of the Text (Body, Writing and Speech) Suspecting Silence, Hearing Silence: What Isn’t Said, What Isn’t Seen Listening: Letting the Other Speak, Learning from the Other Which Texts, Which Theology? Choices and Attitudes Hospitality — Caring as a Hermeneutic Key to Recognizing the Word (Jesus) Religion: Reconnecting with the Community, Continuing the Mission, Transforming Life The Text Approaches You and You Approach the Text Facilitation – Being Midwives, Not Professors Resuming, Continuing “You Shall Have No Other Gods”: A Critique of the Neoliberal Economic System / M. P. Joseph Absolutism of Neoliberal Capitalism Religion of Growth De-growth to Sustain Life Anthropocentrism Is Not the Problem The Widening Gap between the Rich and the Poor Militarization – Fascism Text to Become Gospel Christianity and Religious Pluralism / Rienzie Perera Chrisitanity and Asian Religions Reading the Bible in the Asian Context of Plural Religions Re-reading the Bible to Renew Our Inter-religious Relationships Revisiting the Christian Mission by Reading the Bible with New Eyes Part II Reflections from the Contexts of Taiwan Methodological Approaches to Reading the Bible in the Contexts of Taiwan / Huang Po Ho Introduction The Word of God and Kerygma Historical Development of Biblical Hermeneutics Reading the Bible from Contexts Asian Attempts on Reading the Bible in Contexts Reading the Bible with New Eyes in Churches in Taiwan An Evaluation of the Reading the Bible with New Eyes Movement in Taiwan Mata and Roziq (eyes) / Omi Wilang Introduction Body of the Text Conclusion The Taiwan Ecumenical Forum for Justice and Peace (TEF) /Victor Hsu Implications and Challenges for the Ecumenical Movement Part III Biblical Illustrations A Re-reading of the Palm Sunday Narratives Scripture Reading: St. Mark 11:1-11 / Jason Selvaraj Introduction Re-reading the Narratives of Palm Sunday Conclusion The Magnificat: Recovering the Prophetic Voices in the Church Today Luke 1:46-55 / Gloria Mapangdol Was the Magnificat Originally Mary’s? How was the Magnificat described/understood? What does the Magnificat say and what does it do with rethinking the Mission? Rhoda (Acts 12:12-17) “Un-covering” and “Re-covering” Rhoda: A Feminist Perspective/ Yak-hwee Tan Introduction The Acts of the Apostles – From the Beginning… Methodological Considerations A Socio-literary Analysis of Acts 12:12-17 A Feminist Perspective of Acts 12:12-17 “Un-covering” and “Re-covering” Rhoda Conclusion Appendix Appendix 1. Conference Agenda Appendix 2. Introduction of the Contributors What Is New about Reading the Bible with New Eyes? Introduction Reading the Bible is essential to the lives of Christians and the shaping of their identity. Regardless of the many differences among Christian denominations and theological trends, the Bible is commonly considered by Christians as the Word of God and is the most important way to acquaint the will of God. This is even more true to Christians with a Confucian background taught to respect the classics and teachings. Nevertheless, reading the Bible has never been neutral. It involves hermeneutic controversies of different theological trends and is subjected to the ideological positions and interests of its interpreters and readers. Traditional anthropocentric, androcentric and white-oriented interpretations of the Bible have not only misled the perception of biblical truth, but also created many oppressive frames, such as discrimination and persecution, which cause suffering. How to read the Bible and read it properly is thus crucial and imperative. R