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Being Subordinate Men: Paul's Rhetoric of Gender and Power in 1 Corinthians

by Brian J. Robinson

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Fortress Academic
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2 cm

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Being Subordinate Men offers a gender critical examination of Paul's use of gender and power in the argument of 1 Corinthians. By elevating femininity and misperforming masculinity, Paul consistently undermines first century Roman norms of masculinity. Such norms of masculinity would have allowed some of the higher status men among the Corinthian believers to occupy positions of power that would give them control over lower status members of the community. Instead of supporting such a patriarchal model, Paul articulates a form of masculinity that would require these higher status men to abandon their positions of power and occupy positions that would put them on equal status with women and men whose bodies and identities forced them to the margins of society. Such a move subverts forms of toxic, or hegemonic, masculinity that give a select few men power over the bodies of others. Instead of a toxic masculinity, Paul commands the men in his audience to embody a failed, or subordinate, masculinity. This failed masculinity not only imitates Paul's own subordinate masculinity, seen in his embrace of feminine imagery and his failure to live up to first century Roman norms of masculinity, but also supports Paul's main reason for writing 1 Corinthians by confronting the factionalism that threatens to destroy the believing community. Paul's vision for the believing community is one of equality that centers itself in imitation of the crucified body of Jesus, a body that demonstrates that equality, not domination, is the path to the kingdom of God.
Being Subordinate Men: Paul's Rhetoric of Gender and Power in 1 Corinthians and John for Everyone Part 1 : Chapters 1-10
John for Everyone Part 1 : Chapters 1-10Being Subordinate Men: Paul's Rhetoric of Gender and Power in 1 Corinthians

  • Author

    Brian J. Robinson

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Fortress Academic

  • Published

    November 2018

  • Weight

    591g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781978703339

  • ISBN-10

    1978703333

  • Eden Code

    4894109

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