Quest for Africentric Biblical Reading among African Christians

Abstract

The paper examines the need for Africentric biblical reading among Christians of African origin both at home and in diaspora. It examined the Eurocentric biblical approach with strong emphasis on historical-grammatical emphasis on the text, an exercise that profits the academic society with little or no direct benefit to the average whose quest for power, deliverance, protection and daily need drawn to study the Word for inspiration. The paper drew inspiration from scholarly works of an African like: Prof. D. T. Adamo. It discovered that the approach of Africans to Bible reading is a problem-solving approach. It shows the reality of the African worldview with the manifestation of divers’ powers, poverty and the need for emancipation. It concludes by drawing the attention of the Bible readers among Africans to be more realistic in tapping into the professed power as contained in the written Word. It recommends the Africentric reading of the Bible in mother tongue and the, demonstration of the power therein as a paradigm for successful daily living.  

Keywords: Decolonisation, deconstruction, Biblical Reading and Africentric