Full Description
The chapters in this volume present a wide-ranging conversation on the gospel of John. With postcolonial readings from Asia and Africa, readings that touch on race from very different and yet very American perspectives, and feminist readings informed by Mexico, Turkey, and Botswana; these readings reflect a wide range of experiences and understandings of John's gospel. Each essay grounds its analysis both in the scholarly conversation and in the writer's own community and origins.
Chapters include issues such as race, migration, honor, and questions around motherhood and reproduction. The list of distinguished contributors is extremely diverse, featuring voices from all continents, in particular the work of African scholars.
Contents
Introduction: Reading through lifetimes
Nicole Wilkinson, Cape May Presbyterian Church, USA
1. The incredible shrinking mother: the patrilineal erasing of Jesus' mother in John's gospel
Nicole Wilkinson, Cape May Presbyterian Church, USA
2. The Irony of "He Must Increase, but I Must Decrease": A Socio-Cultural Interpretation of John 3.30
Menghun Goh, Taiwan School of Theology, Taiwan
3. Perceiving John 4 through Diaspora and Differentness: Jesus, the Woman from Samaria and a Miraculous Sign in Relations of Difference
A. Francis Carter, Jr., Phillips Theological Seminary, USA
4. The race born blind: John chapter 9 as an anti-racist text of hope and promise
Alissabeth Newton, Diocese of New York, USA
5. The social dimension of the Johannine "I am" sayings (John 10.1-18)
Osvaldo D. Vena, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA
6. The Foreshore and Seabed Debate and Jesus' honour (doxa) in John's Gospel: A Perspective from Aotearoa New Zealand
Derek Tovey, The College of St. John the Evangelist, New Zealand
7. "What is the Truth?" (18.38): A Postcolonial Trickster Reading of Jesus' Arrest and Trial
Musa W. Dube, Candler School of Theology, USA
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