Gendered Ideology and Power in 1 Corinthians
With the use of socio-rhetorical interpretation (SRI) as an interpretive analytics combined with a gender-critical hermeneutical optic, this article investigates the ‘power struggles’ inherent in the discourse of 1 Corinthians in an attempt to examine the ideology within Paul’s rhetoric and to inves...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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Journal of early Christian history
Year: 2016, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-58 |
IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
Further subjects: | B
Paul the Apostle
B Discourse B 1 Corinthians B Ideology B Performativity B Gender B discursive practices B Power |
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Summary: | With the use of socio-rhetorical interpretation (SRI) as an interpretive analytics combined with a gender-critical hermeneutical optic, this article investigates the ‘power struggles’ inherent in the discourse of 1 Corinthians in an attempt to examine the ideology within Paul’s rhetoric and to investigate how Paul’s rhetoric functions ideologically to assert his power over the Corinthian Christian community. As a result of this investigation, this study argues that the discourse of 1 Corinthians is deeply entrenched in gendered ideological texture and tendentiously served to maintain and sustain hierarchical gendered relationships between men and women in the church at Corinth - relationships that mimicked the normative, androcentric, and kyriarchal power relations from the dominant Graeco-roman culture. |
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ISSN: | 2471-4054 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian history
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2016.1184884 |