Prof L Imsutoshi Jamir, Dr Temsüyanger Aier, Prof Mar Pongener and Dr A Temjen Jamir, Academic Dean, CTC.
Mokokchung, February 21 (MExN): The Tribal Development and Communication Centre (TDCC), Mokokchung-Nagaland announced the launching of the book Reading in Context: 1 King 1:11 in a Contemporary Tribal World authored by Dr Temsüyanger Aier.
It was formally dedicated and released by the Principal of the Clark Theological College Rev Dr Mar Pongener, Professor of History and Culture in a function held at Multi-purpose Hall, Clark Theological College, Aolijen Mokokchung on February 21.
The author Dr Temsüyanger Aier is an Associate Professor in the Department of Old Testament and biblical languages at Clark Theological College, Aolijen, Mokokchung, Nagaland. He did his Bachelor of Science from Kohima Science College, Jotsoma (NU), Bachelor of Divinity from Eastern Theological College, Jorhat, Master of Theology from Gurukul Lutheran Theological College and Research Institute, Chennai, and Doctorate in Theology from SATHRI/ Senate of Serampore College, West Bengal. He is a regular contributor of articles and essays in various academic journals and edited books, TDCC informed in a press release on Sunday.
The author in this book employs Sociological Method in studying and understanding the social realities of Solomonic period, and examines how far this paradigm will be of assistance to address the realities and particularities of contemporary Naga society. Throughout the pages, the author argues that the vitality of a biblical text can be discerned only against its dynamic relation with the contexts of the reader. Further Dr Yanger emphasizes the inevitability of analysing the biblical texts and the writer’s contemporary context that help examine and understand the power of the powerless or the marginalized as a key for a new paradigm of equals in the people’s quest for liberation and social transformation.
In his foreword, L Imsutoshi Jamir, Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies at Clark Theological College said that Tribal scholars who are consciously devoted for Transformative Hermeneutics, the present book will assist on both ‘Why’ and ‘How’ democratic dialogue between text and context is unavoidable in contemporary Tribal biblical hermeneutics.
For Review and further information, TDCC provided the following contact numbers: 70053 88372/9436066244.
