Destabilizing the margins
Subtitle: an intersectional approach to early Christian memory
By: Marianne Bjelland Kartozow
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781610976756
Subjects: Bible; Identification (Religion); Criticism, interpretation; Christianity; Biblical teaching; Memory; Socio-rhetorical criticism; Social Marginality; Identity (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-195) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: re-forgetting the margins?; title: Gendered slave bodies and "metaphorical violence": thinking with Luke 12:45-46; title: Borderline identity: the contested body of the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26-40); title: Mapping sameness and difference: virginity in Joseph and Aseneth; title: Rediscovering slaves: motherhood and circumcision in the Pastoral Epistles; title: Challenging female communities: orality and resurrection in the gospels; title: Limited access: stereotyping the voice in the Pastoral Epistles; title: Negotiating power relations: talkative widows out of place (Luke 18:2-5 and 1 Tim 5:13-14); title: Talking pair: Paul and the fortune-telling slave girl (Acts 16:16-18); title: Conceptualizing power structures: Gal 3:28 and the Colossian household codes; title: Negotiating hierarchy: the ideal slave/woman Blandina; title: The memory of Hagar: a model for overcoming marginality; title: Conclusion.