Conférence - Louis Jonker : Socio-Political Transformation and Biblical Interpretation: The Case of Post-Apartheid South Africa
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The episode discusses the evolution of biblical interpretation in South Africa since the end of apartheid, focusing on the contrasting views held by religious leaders over time.
Thomas Römer Milieux bibliques Collège de France Année 2025-2026 Changing Biblical Interpretation? Conférence - Louis Jonker : Socio-Political Transformation and Biblical Interpretation: The Case of Post-Apartheid South Africa Louis Jonker Faculté de théologie de l'université de Stellenbosch, Afrique du Sud Résumé In the first lecture the issue of changing biblical interpretation in the South African context since the 1990s when Nelson Mandela was released and the ANC party unbanned, and since 1994 when the first democratic post-apartheid elections were held, will be scrutinised. The starting point will be how the Bible was interpreted by South Africans from different political persuasions in the apartheid era. It will further expound the question that came up since the 1990s in particularly white Afrikaans environments (such as in the Dutch Reformed Church): "Why did pastors tell us a few decades ago, with the Bible in their hands, that apartheid was the will of God? And why do they tell us now, with the same Bible in their hands, that apartheid is a sin?"
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