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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harder, Lydia Marlene, 1939-

Contributor:

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.

Series:

Etudes sur les femmes et la religion ; no 5.

Studies in women and religion ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Evidences, authority, etc.

Bible.

Bible--Feminist criticism.

Bible. Mark--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Mennonites--Doctrines.

Mennonites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion = Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780889207929

0889207925

OCLC:

180703894