Obedience, suspicion and the Gospel of Mark : a Mennonite-feminist exploration of biblical authority / / Lydia Neufeld Harder

• Autore: Harder Lydia Marlene <1939->
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion = Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 220.1/3
• Soggetto topico: Mennonites - Doctrines
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Methodological Strategies and Theological Focus -- Discipleship and Authority: Mennonite Hermeneutic Community -- Discipleship and Authority: Feminist Hermeneutic Community -- Discipleship and Authority: The Gospel of Mark -- An Invitation to Further Experimentation -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Authors and Subjects -- Index of Biblical References -- Series Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion / Corporation Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses
• Sommario/riassunto: How do our social, political and religious commitments influence our interpretation of biblical texts? Are obedience and suspicion necessarily opposite ways to respond to the authority of the Bible? Can one criticize and be transformed at the same time? Lydia Neufeld Harder explores these questions from the vantage point of a scholar, a feminist and a member of a faith community. A hermeneutics of obedience, rising out of the Mennonite theological tradition, and a hermeneutics of suspicion, advocated by many feminist theologians, seem to represent opposite approaches to the Bible’s authority. The resulting polarization could easily have led to static definitions of authority and the subtle domination of those who differ from the majority. However, by focusing on the common theological concept of discipleship, Harder has constructed a critical dialogue, beginning a process of creative change in her own view of authority. This new view opens the way for an interpretation of the Gospel of Mark. A new appreciation of both the power and the vulnerability of the biblical text leads to a view of authority that embraces both suspicion and obedience in a dynamic interpretative process.
• Titolo autorizzato: Obedience, suspicion and the Gospel of Mark
• ISBN: 0-88920-792-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822500103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Etudes sur les femmes et la religion ; ; no 5.