Sexting and Sexual Injustices against Women in Ghana: A Case of Biblical Narratives of Dinah And Tamar

This paper evaluates the place of justice in sexual interactions between males and females in Ghana in particular and in Africa in general. It discusses the unfairness inherent in cases of rape, adultery and divorce and sexting in Ghana in light of African Biblical Hermeneutics. The study has discov...

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Autores principales:	Emmanuel Twumasi-Ankrah, Joseph Gyanvi-Blay
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Publicado:	Noyam Publishers 2021
Materias:	sexting sexual injustices biblical hermeneutics biblical narratives ethical Social Sciences H
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2021231 https://doaj.org/article/b5ca3fc36e3a441183523dd047cd43f5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b5ca3fc36e3a441183523dd047cd43f52021-12-01T11:23:49ZSexting and Sexual Injustices against Women in Ghana: A Case of Biblical Narratives of Dinah And Tamarhttps://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20212312720-7722https://doaj.org/article/b5ca3fc36e3a441183523dd047cd43f52021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EHASS2021231.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2720-7722This paper evaluates the place of justice in sexual interactions between males and females in Ghana in particular and in Africa in general. It discusses the unfairness inherent in cases of rape, adultery and divorce and sexting in Ghana in light of African Biblical Hermeneutics. The study has discovered that issues of sexual injustices date back to ancient times with sexting being its latest dimension, especially in Ghana. Sexual injustices in any form have both cultural as well as religious connotations. Employing Narrative Criticism on the sexual stories of Dinah and Tamar in Genesis 34 and 2 Samuel 13 respectively, the study has established that the culture from which the Christian scripture originated was chauvinistic. Undoubtedly, one of the most integral causes is inherent in interpretation. The authors have therefore advocated for a reconstruction of those texts and worldviews by incorporating hermeneutics of inclusiveness and equality before God, using Jesus as the standard.Emmanuel Twumasi-AnkrahJoseph Gyanvi-BlayNoyam Publishersarticlesextingsexual injusticesbiblical hermeneuticsbiblical narrativesethicalSocial SciencesHENE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 20-26 (2021)
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description	This paper evaluates the place of justice in sexual interactions between males and females in Ghana in particular and in Africa in general. It discusses the unfairness inherent in cases of rape, adultery and divorce and sexting in Ghana in light of African Biblical Hermeneutics. The study has discovered that issues of sexual injustices date back to ancient times with sexting being its latest dimension, especially in Ghana. Sexual injustices in any form have both cultural as well as religious connotations. Employing Narrative Criticism on the sexual stories of Dinah and Tamar in Genesis 34 and 2 Samuel 13 respectively, the study has established that the culture from which the Christian scripture originated was chauvinistic. Undoubtedly, one of the most integral causes is inherent in interpretation. The authors have therefore advocated for a reconstruction of those texts and worldviews by incorporating hermeneutics of inclusiveness and equality before God, using Jesus as the standard.
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title	Sexting and Sexual Injustices against Women in Ghana: A Case of Biblical Narratives of Dinah And Tamar
title_short	Sexting and Sexual Injustices against Women in Ghana: A Case of Biblical Narratives of Dinah And Tamar
title_full	Sexting and Sexual Injustices against Women in Ghana: A Case of Biblical Narratives of Dinah And Tamar
title_fullStr	Sexting and Sexual Injustices against Women in Ghana: A Case of Biblical Narratives of Dinah And Tamar
title_full_unstemmed	Sexting and Sexual Injustices against Women in Ghana: A Case of Biblical Narratives of Dinah And Tamar
title_sort	sexting and sexual injustices against women in ghana: a case of biblical narratives of dinah and tamar
publisher	Noyam Publishers
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Sexting and Sexual Injustices against Women in Ghana: A Case of Biblical Narratives of Dinah And Tamar

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