The project considered the meaning of the Bible in different contexts including coastal communities such as Newlyn in Cornwall. Texts of Land, Sea and Hope
Project themes
This three year project (2006-2009) was sponsored by the South West Ministry Training Course (SMWTC). The project initiated a number of Contextual Bible Studies in diverse contexts across the South West. Contextual Bible Study is a method which originated in post-apartheid South Africa and has since been used in a variety of situations across the world and among a range of readers, both Christian and non-Christian. It is a method of reading which prioritizes the question 'What does the Bible mean in this context, here and now?' Rural, coastal, urban, perfomative, artistic and Deaf contexts all encountered stories from the Gospel of Luke and contextuliased them within their own experience and place.
Project outputs
Results of the project have now been published in L.J.Lawrence, The Word in Place: Reading the New Testament in Contemporary Communities (SPCK, 2009). Book launches for this volume took place in Truro Cathedral and Exeter Old Deanery during October 2009.
