Teaching Mark through a postcolonial optic

Abstract

This contribution explores the potential value of a postcolonial approach for teaching Mark’s gospel. Investigating a number of texts from the gospel, it asks to what extent a postcolonial optic implies a different approach to the gospel, what it adds and where challenges exist. Teaching with a postcolonial optic entails framing the gospel in its 1st-century imperial context and focusing on the ambivalence and ambiguity of imperial rule, investigating texts with attention to hybridity and mimicry in particular. Teaching the Gospel of Mark through a postcolonial optic opens up new possibilities for interpretation and contextualisation, but at the same time poses certain challenges, pedagogically and otherwise.

Pertobatan Dialogis

“…(3) hasil penelitian (findings) yang akan membawa pada posisi dialog antara sosio-religious kekristenan dengan sosio politik kekaisaran Romawi; (4) sikap (stances), hubungan antara kritik dan hasil kajian yang membawa pada harapan yang lebih baik (Segovia & Sugirtharajah, 2009) dan sekaligus menjadi sumbangsih pendekatan yang berbeda dalam membaca Alkitab (Punt, 2015;Segovia & Sugirtharajah, 2009 (Sugirtharajah, 2006).…”