In most cultures in Ghana, both male and female infertility are believed to be a curse and a sign of an unfruitful life. The ability to procreate thus defines the identity of the person and his/her existential value in relation to others. Furthermore, childlessness becomes an overwhelming drama as it is perceived to depict an inferior state of being or a life of incompleteness. This type of social identity construction raises serious hermeneutical issues in its engagement with the Judeo-Christian message of inclusiveness. Against this backdrop, this study reads the drama surrounding infertility within the Krobo worldview from the horizon of Isa 56:1-8, using the Communicative hermeneutic approach. Our findings are that an engagement between the Krobo worldview and the Isaian text creates both tension and transformation. The tension comes about because of the contrast of views; and the transformation resides in the change of perspective. The text provides a rich and an alternative understanding of infertility: another way of being and not a curse.

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不孕不育的戏剧：从 Krobo 的角度阅读赛 56:1-8

在加纳的大多数文化中，男性和女性不孕症都被认为是一种诅咒，也是生活无果的标志。因此，生育能力定义了一个人的身份以及他/她相对于他人的存在价值。此外，无子女成为一种压倒性的戏剧，因为它被认为描绘了一种低劣的存在状态或不完整的生活。这种类型的社会身份建构在其与犹太-基督教包容性信息的接触中引发了严重的解释学问题。在此背景下，本研究使用交际解释学方法，从赛 56:1-8 的视野中解读 Krobo 世界观中围绕不孕症的戏剧性事件。我们的发现是，克罗博世界观和以赛亚文本之间的接触会造成紧张和转变。紧张是因为观点的对比；而转变在于视角的改变。文本提供了对不孕症的丰富而另一种理解：另一种存在方式而不是诅咒。