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How to Watch and Evaluate Bible-videos Critically for Cultural Evaluation and Script Preparation

Images are treacherous communicators, especially when they are used cross-culturally. Despite this, Bible-video images can also facilitate how people understand biblical texts and allow them to discover who Jesus is and what he did for them in ways that a…

RichardOctober 6, 2018

Culture

Culture meets Scripture

This dynamically relevant workshop is built on an important cultural event which creates inner turmoil and struggle for believers. Birth, death, and marriage, for instance, may require a number of rituals that conflict with Scripture. Workshop features: Christian community leaders…

RichardOctober 2, 2018

Bible Translation Culture Visual Arts

Avoiding Visual Miscommunication

Choosing to illustrate interesting events in the text may help build audience interest in the story of Scripture, and this interest may be more foundational to audiences’ relationship with God than knowledge of details about what objects and places looked…

RichardMarch 8, 2016

Culture

Gospel and Marriage Workshop

Michael Jemphrey describes a recent Gospel and Marriage workshop held in West Africa. It brought together the domains of Scripture engagement and anthropology, demonstrating the relevance of the translated Scriptures in addressing local cultural issues. The workshop included: Discussion of…

RichardJanuary 6, 2015

Culture

Théologie et Vie Chrétienne en Afrique

Théologie et Vie Chrétienne en Afrique contains the fruit of the Francophone Initiative consultation held in Cotonou, Benin, in August 2011. The papers presented seek to bring together theological reflection, Bible translation and the mission of the church in Africa.…

RichardAugust 2, 2013

Culture Music and Worship Understanding Scripture

Early engagements with the Bible among the Gogo people of Tanzania

Abstract: This study falls within the area of the Bible in African Christianity, particularly ordinary readers' appropriation of and interpretation of the Bible. It seeks to explore, firstly, the processes of the encounter between the Bible and the indigenous people…

RichardJune 12, 2013

Bible Study Culture

“So the living interaction proceeds”

From the Willowbank Report: Consultation on Gospel and Culture, under the heading 'Understanding God's Word Today: The Contextual Approach': Today's readers cannot come to the text in a personal vacuum, and should not try to. Instead, they should come with…

RichardSeptember 27, 2012

Bible Translation Culture Language Issues Leadership Training

La Traduction de la Bible et l’Eglise

This book - 'Bible Translation and the Church: Issues and challenges for Francophone Africa' - was written as part of the Francophone Initiative in collaboration with CITAF (Conseil des Institutions Théologiques d’Afrique Francophone) - a consortium of evangelical theological institutions…

RichardOctober 13, 2010

Advocacy Bible Reading Bible Storytelling Bible Study Bible Translation Culture Language Issues

Colocando a Bíblia em Ação

This is the Brazilian Portuguese version of the book Translating the Bible into Action by Harriet Hill and Margaret Hill. A tried and tested resource that encourages meaningful Bible use in multi-lingual contexts through both written and oral media. Includes…

RichardAugust 24, 2010

Culture

Views about Scripture: a key to a well-used book?

"Any new holy writ will be filtered through the cultural presuppositions placed upon it by their existing beliefs." Beine examines how people’s view of holy writ influences their understanding and use of translated sacred writings. He looks particularly at the…

RichardFebruary 17, 2010

Culture

How to Watch and Evaluate Bible-videos Critically for Cultural Evaluation and Script Preparation

Culture meets Scripture

Avoiding Visual Miscommunication

Gospel and Marriage Workshop

Théologie et Vie Chrétienne en Afrique

Early engagements with the Bible among the Gogo people of Tanzania

“So the living interaction proceeds”

La Traduction de la Bible et l’Eglise

Colocando a Bíblia em Ação

Views about Scripture: a key to a well-used book?

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