This article introduces and assesses Sundermeier’s “hermeneutic of difference” ( Differenzhermeneutik ). Though he is not well-known in English-speaking circles, the pioneering work of Theo Sundermeier has contributed to a hermeneutical and intercultural turn within the field of missiology, as well as a missiological and practical turn within hermeneutics. He criticizes the western hermeneutical tradition for being text-centric and egocentric, and he replaces the standard hermeneutical models with one that is focused on the practical problem of understanding the stranger. I summarize the four-step process he provides for learning how to understand and coexist with another person, reflect on its missiological implications, and offer a constructive critique in the direction of a distinctively emancipatory intercultural hermeneutic.

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解放的跨文化诠释学：解读 Theo Sundermeier 的 Differenzhermeneutik

本文介绍和评价了桑德迈尔的“差异解释学”（Differenzhermeneutik）。虽然他在英语圈子里并不出名，但西奥·桑德迈尔的开创性工作促成了宣教学领域内的诠释学和跨文化转向，以及诠释学的宣教和实践转向。他批评西方诠释学传统以文本为中心和以自我为中心，并用专注于理解陌生人这一实际问题的诠释学模型取代了标准的诠释学模型。我总结了他提供的四步过程，用于学习如何理解另一个人并与他人共存，反思其宣教意义，并在独特的解放性跨文化诠释学的方向上提供建设性的批评。