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by Larry W. Caldwell (Author)
How to Read and Interpret Scripture Across Cultures
How can believers across cultures faithfully read and apply Scripture in a way that honors both the biblical text and their unique cultural contexts? In The Bible in Culture, Larry Caldwell introduces ethnohermeneutics--a revolutionary yet biblical approach to reading Scripture with, rather than for, the world.
Drawing from decades of experience living overseas, Caldwell demonstrates that every culture has its own tools for understanding meaning and shows how God uses these to communicate the truth of his word. This approach is rooted in observing how Jesus, Paul, and others in the early church interpreted Scripture and in following their examples. Through real-life illustrations, interactive activities, and case studies, readers will discover how they can also read and interpret God's word in their own cultures. This book will challenge your assumptions about the interpretive task, encouraging and equipping you to rethink how the Bible can be understood across every people group in various cross-cultural, multiculturual, and multigenerational contexts.
Author Biography
Larry W. Caldwell is Chief Academic Officer and Dean, and Professor of Intercultural Studies and Bible Interpretation, at Kairos University (formerly Sioux Falls Seminary) located in Sioux Falls, SD. In addition, he is Senior Missiologist for Converge Worldwide. Prior to this he and his wife Mary were missionaries with Converge for twenty-one years in Manila, Philippines, where he was Academic Dean and Professor of Missions and Bible Interpretation at Asian Theological Seminary, as well as Director of the Doctor of Missiology program of the Asia Graduate School of Theology--Philippines. Larry teaches regularly on contextualization and Bible interpretation at seminaries and missionary training institutions throughout the world. He has authored dozens of books and academic articles, including Missions and You! and Doing Bible Interpretation!, both of which have been translated into several different languages. He and Mary have four adult children and four grandchildren.
