Abstract:
ABSTRACT
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.
Keywords: ABSTRACT
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.
Keywords: Sexting, Sexual injustices, Biblical Hermeneutics, Biblical Narratives, Ethical
