Mark and Literary Materialism - A Lesson in Reading Liberation

Niall McKay explores the use of Christian scriptures to resist apartheid in South Africa. From this, the author develops an approach to reading the gospel of Mark which is shaped by literary materialism and examples an approach to religious texts for the sake of liberative theory and action.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Intertextuality and Materialist Dialectics: Methodological Concerns
Chapter 2: Mark, Sabbath and Utopia
Chapter 3: Action, Violence and Financial Ruin: Give unto Caesar that which Caesar Deserves
Chapter 4: Communities of Resistance and Mark
Chapter 5: Always Historicize: Marx, Mark and the (Post)apartheid Struggle
Works Cited
Index
About the Author

About the author

By Niall McKay

Product details

• Authors: Niall McKay
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781666902266
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-226-6
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies in Religion and Theology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Christianity, Republic of South Africa, African History, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts