Summary: | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Postcolonial Religious World in Australia -- 1.1âContemporary Australia as a Site for Reading -- 1.2âThe Thesis -- 1.3âThe Methodology -- 1.4âPostcolonial Criticism -- 1.5âFeminist Criticism -- 1.6âConclusion -- Chapter 2 Colonial Australia as the Imperialized Reading Context -- 2.2âThe Role of Female Convicts in the Foundation of the Colony in New South Wales -- 2.3âEnglish Narrative of Female Crime and Convict Transportation -- 2.4âConclusion -- Chapter 3 The Myth of Colonial Australia in an Imperial War -- 3.1âAustraliaâs Involvement in the First World War as a Dominion of Great Britain -- 3.2âThe Gallipoli Campaign -- 3.3âThe Anzac Legend -- 3.4âPostcolonial Feminist Critique of the Anzac Legend -- 3.5âConclusion -- Chapter 4 The Gospel of Mark, a Christian Narrative of the First Century cE -- 4.1âLiterary Features of the Gospel of Mark -- 4.2âMark: A Narrative of the First-Century CE Roman Imperial Context -- 4.3âConclusion -- Chapter 5 Jesus and Familial Women in Mk 1â12 -- 5.1âMarkan Stories Featuring Women -- Chapter 6 Jesus in the Midst of Functional Women, Mk 14â16 -- 6.2âThe Maidservant Who Exposes Peterâs Betrayal (Mk 14:66-72) -- 6.3âThe Path to the Death of Jesus (Mk 15:1-32) -- 6.4âA Reprise of Female Characters in Mark 1-14 -- 6.5âThe Death of Jesus (Mk 15:33-39) -- 6.6âWomen, the Last to Appear on the Markan Stage (Mk 15:40-41, 47 -- 16:1-8) -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Contrapuntal Reading of the Stories about Women Against the Main Markan Theme, Jesus -- Appendix 2 Triangulated Relationships in Mk 6:17â29 -- Bibliography -- Index
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