Mark, mutuality, and mental health : encounters with Jesus / by Simon Mainwaring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mainwaring, Simon, author.

Series:

Semeia studies ; Number 79.

Society of Biblical Literature. Semeia studies ; Number 79

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Mark--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Mark--Postcolonial criticism.

Mental health--Biblical teaching.

Mental health.

Power (Christian theology)--Biblical teaching.

Power (Christian theology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Georgia : SBL Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on mutuality and seeking to re-imagine power relations, this work explores the Gospel of Mark by drawing together power-aware biblical scholarship, postcolonial theory, and the insights of readers with poor mental health who have first-hand experience of social structures of exclusion.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Relational Dynamics of Poor Mental Health: Assessing Existing Paradigms

Mutuality: A Postcolonial Praxis for the Relational Dynamics of Poor Mental Health

Dialogue and Difference: Mutuality and Biblical Hermeneutics

Identity, Labels, and Resistance: Mark 3:1-6 and 3:19b-35

Negotiating Marginal Agency: Mark 5:21-43 and 7:24-30

Dialogue and Mutuality: Mark 5:1-20 and 15:1-5

Mutuality and Mark: Reflections Textual and Contextual

Appendix: Reading Group Transcripts

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-58983-986-2

OCLC:

922968196