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How have those engaged in the mission of God been challenged to reinterpret Scripture through their experience? In what ways were the missionaries in the Bible challenged to reevaluate Scripture in their own time? Redford attempts to give shape to the nature of missional hermeneutics by examining Scripture, present-day cultural values, historical struggles, and the experience of those who are engaged in the mission of God. In order for missionaries to overcome the scientific polarization in Western hermeneutics, they must be able to perceive and learn from the overarching missional and spiritual hermeneutics found throughout Scripture so that they can balance missional, spiritual, historical-critical, and even unforeseen hermeneutical paths, providing increased confidence in biblical interpretation.
- Sales Rank: #952151 in Books
- Published on: 2012-10-18
- Released on: 2012-10-18
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .87" w x 6.00" l, .70 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 384 pages
Review
"Since 1950, remarkable progress has been made in developing mission theology. Redford aids and abets this development by introducing missiological hermeneutics that will help Christians around the world engage the word of God with greater understanding and faithfulness."
--Wilbert R. Shenk, Fuller Graduate School of Intercultural Studies
"The Bible is a book about mission, but far too often biblical scholars have not studied it from that perspective. And missionaries have frequently based their actions on only a few favorite texts, ignoring important aspects of the biblical message. This groundbreaking work, which seeks to bridge the gap between biblical interpretation and missiology, will enrich and challenge all who are engaged in mission today."
--Paul E Pierson, Fuller Theological Seminary --Wipf and Stock Publishers
About the Author
Shawn B. Redford (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA) is a specialist in biblical theology of mission and missiological hermeneutics. He has taught in these fields at Fuller. He currently teaches at Africa International University, Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (AIU-NEGST), and also in remote areas while serving in Kenya with CMF International.
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This Book is a Wonderful Resource for the Church!
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Shawn specializes in teaching theology of mission as part of the Intercultural Studies faculty at AIU (African International University) or more specifically NEGST (Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology) - a constituent school.
Though I know him personally, he has not asked me to write a review. I write on my accord primarily because I am inclined to think that all Christians (and cross-cultural missionaries in particular) should grab a copy of this book (Missiological Hermeneutics).
I think I would be truthful in saying that his book is not only an important and energetic work in its own right - but in many ways pushes beyond the borders of just `missiology' ("the area of practical theology that investigates the mandate, message, and mission of the Christian") or `hermeneutics' ("the art and science of text interpretation") into the everyday challenge of learning to be attentive to the Word of God in order to allow our cultural assumptions and normative interpretive lenses to be questioned and reshaped by the transformative work of the Spirit and the vocational mandate of Scripture.
The primary force of Shawn's thought is guided by the truth that the action of God is indeed breaking into this world in a variety of ways, not least of which through the Spirit's illumination of the text for any given person/group in any given context. Uniquely, Shawn seeks to incorporate the illumination of the Holy Spirit through communal and individual spiritual disciplines coupled with a careful culturally-appropriate contextualization of the text as the primary factors in this new missiological hermeneutic. He then employs his own method in very thorough engagements with `polygamy' and `Christian conversations with followers of Islam'.
Of particular interest to me were his initial few chapters in which he sought to understand whether the initial missiologically-shaped-promise of God (Gen 12) was understood and transmitted correctly, "meaning that they [the central biblical figures] put aside their own misconceived theological and missiological baggage and understood God's missional concerns." In other words, are we the only ones who miss God's concern/plan `for the nations' or did the central Biblical figures in this drama often miss it as well?
He continues, "I will suggest that one of our predominant means of understanding the patriarchs' interpretation of God's promise is to examine their retelling or reiterations of God's promises throughout Genesis, and, specifically, to consider how they repeated God's promise "to bless all the nations of the earth".
This is a very interesting interpretive move in my mind - to learn from the biblical figures themselves what a skewed missiological hermeneutic might look like - and the result that follows. In other words, as worded earlier, Shawn seeks to allow scripture to inform us of what a missiological hermeneutic of God's promises might look like and to subsequently embody for us appropriate attentiveness to - and involvement in - God's mission to His world.
I would do Shawn a great injustice by trying to summarize the remaining chapters or main points here - so without going much further, I want to point you towards a few other important parts of the book.
After his comprehensive conversation with the issue of polygamy - he continues to show how it is that `missional praxis' coupled with the Spirit's guidance might be able to shape our understanding of the direction of God's work in the world in itself.
In what turns out to be one of the most engaging parts of the book, Shawn dialogues with Kenneth Bailey (a biblical scholar who has studied and lived within Middle Eastern cultures for over 40 years) and J. Dudley Woodberry (a long-term missionary in the Middle East and missiologist at Fuller Theological Seminary). Both of these men are important in their own ways, but Shawn shows how they have learned to understand the meaning of scripture in light of their missionary activity and immersion in cultures very similar to various biblical contexts.
I will not discuss his findings here - though I assure you, he provides enough fruitful dialogue to chew on for some time.
With that said, though I have tried my best to engage his book critically and openly - I certainly can't find any particular aspect to critique, though I might say that there is an area that would help me greatly to see Shawn develop further (after having discussed this issue in person with him). This is the issue of communal or individual interpretation intentionally guided by spiritual disciplines.
As he has noted to me - it is an odd thing that students don't regard the Holy Spirit as a legitimate `helper' in intentional academic interpretation (though I suppose a number of people find it easy to use the Holy Spirit to back their own personal decisions). And perhaps this is precisely the concern. I have no doubt that a communal discernment process is scriptural (Acts 15) and can be helpful, but who determines which interpretation should be normative for a given context? The local people? The church? Futhermore, within the Free Church movement (which usually has the aspect of no authoritative teaching office) - who gets to decide which interpretation of a text is more truthful than others?
Though these questions go beyond the scope of Shawn's book - I have no doubt that his training and understanding would bring us a long way forwards as missionaries in learning to interpret scripture with/amidst the people with whom we work. Perhaps Shawn will see fit to write another book for us along these lines.
In all, I am deeply grateful for this book. If anything, it has not only strengthened my missiological understandings of Scripture, but has also increased my everyday reading of God's work in the world in and through others.
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