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Instructors: apl. Prof. Dr. Dorothea Erbele-Küster
Event type:
online: Practice class
Displayed in timetable as:
Bibel und Ethik
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
2,0
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
3 | 25
Contents:
Biblical texts serve different claims and groups in the public discourse. In class we shall discuss some of recent issues as the global ecological crisis, the gender debate, migration, racism and trauma. We shall investigate how the religious heritage, especially the scriptures back up ethical decisions and underlying principles. This leads to a consideration of the interpretation process in the classroom, in scholarly debates and in the reception history at large. We shall highlight underlying presuppositions and their ethical impulses.
We shall investigate how this is realized in different contexts. The course offers an insight in European, North-American, Asian and Postcolonial discussions of these issues. Students are asked to engage with the different contexts and their own one.
1. To develop skills in intercultural and ethical study of biblical literature through attentive reading of biblical passages and assessment of secondary interdisciplinary literature and through the input of the teacher.
2. To introduce students to key concepts within intercultural Bible hermeneutics, gender theory, and ethics.
3. To get acquainted with different social and cultural contexts and to recognize how this influences the construct of gender and ethics in the ancient biblical world and in today´s contexts.
4. To heighten awareness of hermeneutical and ethical issues at stake in the interpretation of biblical texts and to equip students with methodologies to relate ancient and contemporary issues.
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