Call and Consequences: A Womanist Reading of Mark - Raquel A. St. Clair Book

  • Author: Raquel A. St. Clair
  • Publisher: FORTRESS PRESS
  • Cover Type: Paperback
  • Pages: 226 pages
  • Language: English
  • Genre: Religion & Spirituality, Christian Books & Bibles
  • Genre Class: Religion, Bible, Criticism, , Interpretation, New, Testament
  • "The son of man must suffer," Jesustells his disciples in the Gospel ofMark, and interpreters agree thiswarning is centrally important to theGospel. But why must Jesus suffer, andwhy must his disciples face sufferingif they would follow him? Is this amatter of "divine necessity," or theconsequence of historical opposition toJesus cause? Raquel St. Clair brings a womanistperspective to these questions, notingthat marginalized persons, particularlywomen of color, have too oftenexperienced the call to discipleshipas a call simply to "suffering, shame,and surrogacy." Her close reading ofthe Gospel of Mark highlights theimportance of freely accepting theconsequences of answering Jesus call.

    P>About the Author: Raquel A. St. Clair is Executive Minister of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Maplewood, N.J. and contributor to True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary (2007, 978-0- 8006-3421-6).

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    Barcode # 9780800639020
    Brand FORTRESS PRESS
    Artist / Author Raquel A. St. Clair
    Shipping Weight 0.2950kg
    Shipping Width 0.140m
    Shipping Height 0.010m
    Shipping Length 0.220m
    Type Paperback

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