In our conversation, we talked about what the essays in their volumes address related to the state of Christian Higher Education, navigating academia over the course of a career, and some helpful tips and tricks for educators of all sorts.
Team members on the episode from The Two Cities (@TheTwoCities) include: the Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Adishian (@N8adishian), Rev. Dr. Josh Carroll (@pastorcoolguy), and Dr. John Anthony Dunne (@DrJADunne).
NEW EPISODE w/ Dr Chris Hoklotubbe, assoc prof of indigenous theological studies @BexleySeabury, and Dr Danny Zacharias, assoc dean and prof of NT @acadiadiv, who together teach for NAIITS and co-authored Reading the Bible on Turtle Island (@ivpacademic).
We talk about interpreting the Bible from a North American Indigenous perspective, its distinctive hermeneutical features (including an emphasis on the personhood and agency of all of creation), and we address the difference between syncretism and contextual interpretation.
Team members on the episode from The Two Cities (@TheTwoCities) include: Rev. Dr. Josh Carroll (@pastorcoolguy) and Dr. John Anthony Dunne (@DrJADunne).
In the course of our conversation we talk about the value and importance of contextualizing our interpretations of scripture to our theological and cultural backgrounds, and we also discuss the relationship between contextual interpretation and historical critical exegesis.
In our conversation we discuss the relationship between our biblical texts and material culture on a whole host of issues, highlighting how the two need to be understood together for proper interpretation.
As we discuss, the term Hesed is notoriously difficult to translate, but by situating its variegated meanings within the stories and the Story of scripture, Dr. Matheny helps to shed new light on its significance.