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Inter-Faith Hermeneutics: an Example and Some Implications

Inter-Faith Hermeneutics: an Example and Some Implications 9 R.S. Sugirtharajah INTER-FAITH HERMENEUTICS: AN EXAMPLE AND SOME IMPLICATIONS The fact that we in Britain live in a multi-faith context is an existential reality of our times. This has been increasingly recognized by the media, politicians and church people. But the key question is how seriously . have biblical interpreters taken into account the people of other faiths . in their exegetical cogitations. ' Biblical interpretation in a multi-faith context should be aware of at least two things. Firstly, it must be sensitive to the scriptural texts of . other faith communities and the spiritual sustenance they provide for many of their adherents. Mahatma Gandhi, so sympathetic to the person and teaching of Christ, nevertheless regarded the Bhagavad Gita as 'the supreme book for the knowledge of Truth' affording him invalu- able help 'in times of distress."' He also held the view that 'many things in the Bible have to be reinterpreted in the light of discoveries - not of modem science - but in the spiritual world in the shape of direct experiences common to all faiths.'2 Secondly, Christian scriptural interpreters should be conscious that their literary output is likely to reach a wide audience which http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

Inter-Faith Hermeneutics: an Example and Some Implications

Sugirtharajah, R.S.
Mission Studies , Volume 7 (1): 9 – Jan 1, 1990
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© 1990 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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9 R.S. Sugirtharajah INTER-FAITH HERMENEUTICS: AN EXAMPLE AND SOME IMPLICATIONS The fact that we in Britain live in a multi-faith context is an existential reality of our times. This has been increasingly recognized by the media, politicians and church people. But the key question is how seriously . have biblical interpreters taken into account the people of other faiths . in their exegetical cogitations. ' Biblical interpretation in a multi-faith context should be aware of at least two things. Firstly, it must be sensitive to the scriptural texts of . other faith communities and the spiritual sustenance they provide for many of their adherents. Mahatma Gandhi, so sympathetic to the person and teaching of Christ, nevertheless regarded the Bhagavad Gita as 'the supreme book for the knowledge of Truth' affording him invalu- able help 'in times of distress."' He also held the view that 'many things in the Bible have to be reinterpreted in the light of discoveries - not of modem science - but in the spiritual world in the shape of direct experiences common to all faiths.'2 Secondly, Christian scriptural interpreters should be conscious that their literary output is likely to reach a wide audience which

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