Teaching Mark through a postcolonial optic

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

Jeremy Punt¹ 

[1] Faculty of Theology, University of Stellenbosch;

关键词: Postcolonial;    Empire;    Mark;    pedagogics;   

DOI  :  10.4102/hts.v71i1.2970

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This contribution explores the potential value of a postcolonial approach for teaching Mark’sgospel. Investigating a number of texts from the gospel, it asks to what extent a postcolonialoptic implies a different approach to the gospel, what it adds and where challenges exist. Teaching with a postcolonial optic entails framing the gospel in its 1st-century imperial context and focusing on the ambivalence and ambiguity of imperial rule, investigating textswith attention to hybridity and mimicry in particular. Teaching the Gospel of Mark through a postcolonial optic opens up new possibilities for interpretation and contextualisation, but at the same time poses certain challenges, pedagogically and otherwise.

【 授权许可】

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