Re-Reading the Gospel of Mark Amidst Loss and Trauma

2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-36500-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 187 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 3501 g

Examining contemporary films, sculptures, and graphic novels influenced by the Gospel of Mark, Hal Taussig and Maia Kotrosits break new ground in ways of understanding traditional religious texts. The authors avoid traditional dogmatic assumptions, and use the Gospel of Mark as a resource for coping and healing.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kotrosits, Maia

Taussig, H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Mark's Trauma-Filled Ending 2. Mark as Carefully Constructed Story 3. Pain and the Social Body 4. National Brokenness and Belonging 5. Brightness and Despair in the Midst of Devastation 6. When the Inner Circle Collapses 7. Disillusionment and the Allure of Destruction 8. Visions of the End 9. Loss, Suspense and Wonder 10. Mark and the Provisional Self

Über Autor(innen)

Author Maia Kotrosits: Maia Kotrosits is assistant professor of religion, queer studies, and women's studies at Denison University, USA. Author Hal Taussig: Hal Taussig holds professorial rank at both the Recontructionist Rabbinical College and the Union Theological Seminary in New York, USA. His 13 books include A New New Testament: A Bible for the 21st Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts; In the Beginning Was the Meal: Social Experimentation and Early Christian Identity; Re-Reading the Gospel of Mark Amidst Loss and Trauma (with Maia Kotrosits); and Meals in the Early Christian World: Social Formation, Experimentation, and Conflict at the Table (with Dennis Smith).