Date: 28th June, 2025 Venue: Online Topic: The Bible in African Christianity The stipulations in the Bible guide Christianity. The Bible is central to the Christian faith worldwide. Although Christians regard the Bible as a critical religious document for life and nurture, there are variations in its centrality and use. Different groups of Christians [...]
Date: November 2, 2024 Venue: Online Topic: The Bible and Cultural Identity Culture is often used without explicit conceptual definitions that contextualize the parameters of the term. Culture is generally conceived as the everyday life, behaviour, beliefs, social interactions, ideologists, and language of a people. In other words, culture is the identity marker of [...]
Date: June 8, 2024 Venue: Online Topic: Methods of Biblical Interpretation in the African Context Biblical hermeneutics is a critical component of biblical studies that helps in unearthing the meaning of ancient text/narrative critically. Until the early 1960s, biblical hermeneutics in many parts of Africa was dependent on hermeneutical philosophies of the Euro-American cultural [...]
Date: December 9, 2023 Venue: Online Theme: The Bible and Political Stability in Africa Political stability is critical for the development and progress of human society and ecological well-being. Scripture encourages Christians to seek the welfare and peace of any geopolitical jurisdiction that they find themselves at any time because their peace is a [...]
Theme: The Bible and Economic Issues The mobilization of resources and their distribution is a central issue in the Bible and African life and culture. Often, there are problems concerning the mode of resource mobilization that either make the poor poorer or the rich richer, and how to effectively and evenly distribute these resources [...]
Dear Member,The Institute for Biblical Scholarship in Africa (IBSA) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Date: Saturday 3rd December, 2022Time: 11:00am GMTZoom details would be provided later. Click here to download the minutes for the June 2022 meeting.
Theme: Fullness of Life in the Gospel of John. Cultural Interpretations. Date: December 3, 2022 Venue: Online Life and life in its fullness arguably constitutes a core value for both the Johannine Gospel and the Christian communities in Africa. The overwhelming forty-seven occurrences of ζωή from the prologue through to the ending of the [...]
Dear Member,The Institute for Biblical Scholarship in Africa (IBSA) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Date: Saturday 18th June, 2022Time: 11:00am GMTJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://knust-edu-gh.zoom.us/j/2804981899?pwd=TkJXWHFORnNjTVg0MmZrSlJheWZudz09Meeting ID: 280 498 1899Passcode: 492084
The Institute for Biblical Scholarship in Africa (IBSA) – West Africa invites you to submit a paper for presentation at its first meeting for 2022 scheduled to take place on June 18, 2022. Venue: Online Theme: The Bible and Family Relationships in Africa The African society is largely considered communal in nature where family [...]
Dear Member, The IBSA-West Africa 2022 Newsletter is currently available online for download. Stay informed. Visit the link below to download a copy. https://ibsafrica.org/newsletters/