"Let Him Deny Himself" (Mark 8:34 & Par): a Social Psychological Model of Self-Denial
To gain a fuller understanding of self denial in antiquity, I begin with what the synoptic tradition tells about Jesus' injunction in this regard. Then I consider what contemporary social psychologists have discovered and invented about individualist and collectivist cultures, self-centered and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1994
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Biblical theology bulletin
Year: 1994, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 106-119 |
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| Summary: | To gain a fuller understanding of self denial in antiquity, I begin with what the synoptic tradition tells about Jesus' injunction in this regard. Then I consider what contemporary social psychologists have discovered and invented about individualist and collectivist cultures, self-centered and other-centered personalities within those cultures, and how the self is defined in all cultures. After describing a comparative model, I apply the features of collectivist cultures to the synoptic story to see what it entails. In conclusion, I point out the extremely limited range of meanings available for the term self-denial in a first-century C.E. Mediterranean social setting. |
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| ISSN: | 1945-7596 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical theology bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/014610799402400303 |