Buch, Englisch, Band 78, 131 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 227 g
Reihe: Annua Nuntia Lovaniensia
Buch, Englisch, Band 78, 131 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 227 g
Reihe: Annua Nuntia Lovaniensia
ISBN: 978-90-429-3916-5
Verlag: PEETERS PUB
With the rise of feminism, issues of gender have become more important
in many walks of life, but the specific problems and challenges faced by
men have not attracted much scholarly interest in theology. This book
looks at the challenges for men as described in popular and academic
publications. Masculinity is understood as the open, performative, and
transformative self-project of the individual person. As many
contemporary men suffer from pathologies – loneliness, emotional
repression, addiction, depression, alienation from self and others –
that are often rooted in misguided masculinity codes that emphasize
self-sufficiency, aggressiveness, and competition, they need to free
themselves from such self-expectations and turn towards a spirituality
of healing and flourishing.
The reading of biblical texts can help them. Critical reading and group
discussion of biblical stories allow men to examine and address
fundamental questions about their own identity. To help men benefit from
scriptural narratives, the author proposes a new method of biblical
interpretation: Readers of biblical texts should pay careful attention
to ideology, to the interests that have shaped the text, and to how the
text can influence the reader today. Secondly, readers should scrutinize
the text for its vision of the future and for messages of hope. Finally,
readers should look in the text for instances of, and invitations to,
personal change and transformation.
The author critically reviews a small selection of men-specific readings
of biblical texts by biblical scholars and demonstrates how biblical
exegesis can yield new insights by taking on board the key elements of a
gender-specific biblical hermeneutics for men.
This book adds to the tools of modern Biblical exegesis the lens of
gender-specific reading strategies for working-age men. Situated in the
borderlands of biblical and practical theology, it provides fresh
impetus both to exegesis and to the pastoral care of men.
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in many walks of life, but the specific problems and challenges faced by
men have not attracted much scholarly interest in theology. This book
looks at the challenges for men as described in popular and academic
publications. Masculinity is understood as the open, performative, and
transformative self-project of the individual person. As many
contemporary men suffer from pathologies – loneliness, emotional
repression, addiction, depression, alienation from self and others –
that are often rooted in misguided masculinity codes that emphasize
self-sufficiency, aggressiveness, and competition, they need to free
themselves from such self-expectations and turn towards a spirituality
of healing and flourishing.
The reading of biblical texts can help them. Critical reading and group
discussion of biblical stories allow men to examine and address
fundamental questions about their own identity. To help men benefit from
scriptural narratives, the author proposes a new method of biblical
interpretation: Readers of biblical texts should pay careful attention
to ideology, to the interests that have shaped the text, and to how the
text can influence the reader today. Secondly, readers should scrutinize
the text for its vision of the future and for messages of hope. Finally,
readers should look in the text for instances of, and invitations to,
personal change and transformation.
The author critically reviews a small selection of men-specific readings
of biblical texts by biblical scholars and demonstrates how biblical
exegesis can yield new insights by taking on board the key elements of a
gender-specific biblical hermeneutics for men.
This book adds to the tools of modern Biblical exegesis the lens of
gender-specific reading strategies for working-age men. Situated in the
borderlands of biblical and practical theology, it provides fresh
impetus both to exegesis and to the pastoral care of men.
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