I appreciated and understood Rivera’s perspectives on hybridity. I can totally relate to the notion of different perspectives meeting at a crossroads as that has been a constant in my own life. However, I struggled with this concept described in light of Sophia. Who is Sophia after all? How and why is she associated with [...]
Week 9 – Reading a Woman’s Death – Bourke (Castle)
This piece spoke of the violent murder of Bridget Cleary by her husband in Ireland in the late 1800s. This murder was explained by fairy tales that were especially common in rural Ireland during this time. So many acts of violence toward women and children were explained away by these fairy tales. Surprisingly, the “fairy” [...]
Week 9 – Maori “Jews”: Resistant Reading of John 5:10-47 – Huie-Jolly (Sugirtharajah)
This was an intriguing article about how some Maori in New Zealand chose to associate themselves with the Jews as opposed to Christ. The gospel was shared with them during the British colonization of New Zealand. Their understanding of the gospel was completely affected by the context in which it was presented. Their perception of Christ [...]
Week 9 – Mission of the Church – Fuellenbach
This chapter points out five essential elements in “kingdom consciousness”. One of these elements is the understanding that the division between secular and sacred does not exist. I think this is so true. There is such a tendency to compartmentalize the different areas in our lives, when in reality we should allow the “sacred” and “secular” to be one in [...]
