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Contested Masculinities : Polysemy and Gender in 1 Thessalonians

Author :  Robert Stegmann

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Country
United States
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 9781793602862
Format HardBound
Language English
Year of Publication 2021
Bib. Info 252 p
Categories Religion
Product Weight 535 gms.
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In Contested Masculinities, the author argues for the importance of critical consciousness, and attentiveness to the interplay of the biblical text, context and the long, complex, histories of interpretation that play out in the construction of masculinities. Locating his reading of 1 Thessalonians within the thickly textured setting of a postcolonial, post-apartheid South Africa, the author seeks to recontextualize Paul, providing a nuanced understanding of how Paul’s letters exercise authority over both the church and the academy. The author maintains that attempts to frame either the biblical text or notions of masculinity as singular and universal perpetuate and reinforce binary formulations (church/academy, global north/global south, colonizer/colonized, male/female) and entrench hierarchies of power. The author re-reads 1 Thessalonians, exploring the fissures that come into view when training a postcolonial and gender-critical lens on the biblical text and delivers a refreshing account that is playful a

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