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Harder L., ;
Obedience, Suspicion and the Gospel of Mark: A Mennonite-Feminist Exploration of Biblical Authority / Lydia Neufeld Harder . Volume 5. — Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©1998. — (Studies in Women and Religion). — ISBN 0-88920-305-9
ДКД 220.13082
ДКД 220.13082
Зміст:
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Methodological Strategies and Theological Focus
Hermeneutic Community: A Heuristic Tool
Discipleship: The Theological Focus
Methodological Strategy
A Critical and Constructive Model of Theology
Chapter 2 - Discipleship and Authority: Mennonite Hermeneutic Community
Theological Convictions
Discourse Patterns
A Mennonite Ethos of Authority
Chapter 3 - Discipleship and Authority: Feminist Hermeneutic Community
Theological Convictions
Discoure Patterns
A Feminist Ethos of Authority
Chapter 4 - Discipleship and Authority: The Gospel of Mark
Authority and Power: Definitions and Directions
The Creative Function of Kingdom Power
The Subversive Function of Kingdom Power
The Marcan Ethos of Authority and Power
Conclusion: An Invitetion to Further Experimentation
A Hermeneutics of Discipleship
Biblical Authority
Selected Bibliography
Index of Authors and Subjects
Index of Biblical References
Анотація:
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.