Call and Consequences

A Womanist Reading of Mark

By: Raquel A. St. Clair

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""The son of man must suffer," Jesus tells his disciples in the Gospel of Mark, and interpreters agree that this warning is centrally important to the Gospel. But why must Jesus suffer, and why must his disciples face suffering if they would follow him? Is this a matter of "divine necessity," or the consequence of historical opposition to Jesus' cause?" "Raquel St. Clair brings a womanist perspective to these questions, noting that marginalized persons, particularly women of color, too often experience the call to discipleship as a call simply to "suffering, shame, and surrogacy." Her close reading of the Gospel of Mark highlights the importance of freely accepting the consequences of answering Jesus' call."--BOOK JACKET.

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Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: Discipleship and Suffering	p. 1
The View through a Womanist Cultural Lens	p. 11
Womanist Theology	p. 12
Rethinking Traditional African American Piety	p. 18
Jesus Christ	p. 18
The Cross	p. 23
Suffering	p. 27
Discipleship	p. 31
Conclusion	p. 33
Perspectives on Discipleship and Suffering in Mark	p. 39
Suffering as Requirement for and Consequence of Discipleship	p. 40
Suffering as Necessary for Discipleship	p. 43
Dei in Mark 8:31 as Divine Necessity	p. 45
Joanna Dewey	p. 45
Ernest Best	p. 46
Augustine Stock	p. 48
Morna Hooker	p. 49
Jack Kingsbury	p. 51
A Womanist Perspective on Dei as Divine Necessity	p. 52
The Interpretive Priority of Mark 8:31-10:52	p. 53
Robert Tannehill	p. 53
Werner Kelber	p. 55
A Womanist Perspective on the Interpretive Priority of Mark 8:31-10:52	p. 56
Old Testament Allusions as Explanations of Suffering	p. 56
Sean Freyne	p. 56
Norman Perrin	p. 58
Joel Marcus	p. 60
A Womanist Perspective on Old Testament Allusions as Explanations of Suffering	p. 61
Suffering as a Consequence of Discipleship	p. 62
Ched Myers	p. 62
Mary Ann Tolbert	p. 63
Donald H. Juel	p. 65
Brian K. Blount	p. 66
A Womanist Perspective on Suffering as a Consequence of Discipleship	p. 67
Conclusion	p. 68
A Model for Womanist Reading	p. 71
A Sociolinguistic Model	p. 72
Using a Sociolinguistic Model for Womanist Biblical Interpretation	p. 76
The Macrointerpersonal Component	p. 78
The Microinterpersonal Component	p. 81
Conclusion	p. 83
Establishing Mark's Social Context	p. 85
The Provenance of Mark	p. 87
Latinisms	p. 87
Use of Hebrew and Aramaic	p. 87
Explanation of Jewish Traditions	p. 88
Familiarity with the Old Testament	p. 89
Ministry to the Gentiles	p. 89
Mark's Social Location	p. 91
Honor and Shame: A Symbolic Order	p. 95
A Cultural Context for Reading Mark's Gospel	p. 100
Conclusion	p. 107
Discipleship and the Cross in Mark	p. 109
The Field of Discourse	p. 111
Mark 8:31-33	p. 111
Mark 8:34-37	p. 127
Discipleship	p. 130
Relationship between Discipleship and Ministry	p. 131
Is There Agony in This Ministry?	p. 132
Self-Denial in Mark	p. 133
Taking Up the Cross in Mark	p. 137
The Relationship between Denying Oneself and Taking Up the Cross	p. 138
Mark 8:38	p. 139
Conclusion	p. 143
The Tenor of Discourse	p. 144
Conclusion	p. 158
The Mode of Discourse	p. 159
Cross as Consequence	p. 162
Discerning the Call	p. 165
Abbreviations	p. 169
Notes	p. 171
Bibliography	p. 197
Index	p. 209
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