Week 10 – How Local Divine Powers Were Supressed – Mbuwayesango (Sugirtharajah)

The practice of Bible translation must be taken with much sensitivity.  Good intentions are not enough when it comes to this matter.  It takes living within the culture and becoming completely familiar with it.  In the situation regarding the Shona people, there is controversy over the use of Mwari as God because Mwari is the same name used for the non-biblical deity worshipped by the Shona.  This reminds me of the use of Allah by Arab Christians when referring to God.  I don’t think the name itself is the problem so much as the potential confusion that may be present in the lives of people trying to distinguish between the God of the Bible and the non-biblical deity worhsipped by their people.

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