Women reading the Bible: An emerging diversity in service of liberation
An apparently simple answer to this question is 'diversity': there is a diversity of women readers, diversity of interests, diversity of methods and diversity of results of women reading the Bible. In this article I will discuss the complex reality of the diversity of contemporary women�...
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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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[2020]
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The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2020, Volume: 97, Issue: 4, Pages: 438-449 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HA Bible KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B Feminism B Christian women B Readers; Women B Bible study |
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| Summary: | An apparently simple answer to this question is 'diversity': there is a diversity of women readers, diversity of interests, diversity of methods and diversity of results of women reading the Bible. In this article I will discuss the complex reality of the diversity of contemporary women's reading of the Bible. I will discuss women readers under two headings, namely the everyday, non-academic reader on the one hand, and the professional, academically trained biblical exegete on the other. I will first suggest a general comparison of these two groups before I treat each one in greater detail. Finally, I will offer a reading of a story about a woman from the Gospel of Mark (12:41-44) that draws on feminist hermeneutics to read for a meaning that liberates women from a burdensome, conventional reading. |
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| ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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