Gendered Ideology and Power in 1 Corinthians

With the use of socio-rhetorical interpretation (SRI) as an interpretive analytics combined with a gender-critical hermeneutical optic, this article investigates the ‘power struggles’ inherent in the discourse of 1 Corinthians in an attempt to examine the ideology within Paul’s rhetoric and to inves...

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Main Author: Jodamus, Johnathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group [2016]
In: Journal of early Christian history
Year: 2016, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-58
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Paul the Apostle
B Discourse
B 1 Corinthians
B Ideology
B Performativity
B Gender
B discursive practices
B Power
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Summary:With the use of socio-rhetorical interpretation (SRI) as an interpretive analytics combined with a gender-critical hermeneutical optic, this article investigates the ‘power struggles’ inherent in the discourse of 1 Corinthians in an attempt to examine the ideology within Paul’s rhetoric and to investigate how Paul’s rhetoric functions ideologically to assert his power over the Corinthian Christian community. As a result of this investigation, this study argues that the discourse of 1 Corinthians is deeply entrenched in gendered ideological texture and tendentiously served to maintain and sustain hierarchical gendered relationships between men and women in the church at Corinth - relationships that mimicked the normative, androcentric, and kyriarchal power relations from the dominant Graeco-roman culture.
ISSN:2471-4054
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian history
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2016.1184884