Bloody ministry: the bleeding woman, & contemporary women as vera-icons
This article explores the legacy of the bleeding woman healed by Jesus. It considers how her story speaks to modern women, and the norms and taboos of each context. As a bleeding woman, and an ordained minister in the Methodist Church of Great Britain, the author utilises autoethnography, reflecting...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2021
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Practical theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 14, Issue: 5, Pages: 416-428 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Veronica / Bereníkē
B vera-icon B autoethnography B Methodist B Bleeding woman B Blood |
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| Summary: | This article explores the legacy of the bleeding woman healed by Jesus. It considers how her story speaks to modern women, and the norms and taboos of each context. As a bleeding woman, and an ordained minister in the Methodist Church of Great Britain, the author utilises autoethnography, reflecting on the apocryphal account of the bleeding woman’s appearance at Jesus’ trial before Pilate, there named as Veronica/Bereníkē, and the subsequent evolution of her legend, culminating in inclusion in the ‘Stations of the Cross’ devotion. Sharing personal experience, the author explores contemporary women’s experiences through the lens of Methodist doctrine and praxis (reflecting on Holy Communion as an example), and how this shapes faith and ministry. She reflects on the Veronica/Bereníkē figure of history, art, devotion, and iconography, who eventually bore little resemblance to the unnamed woman of the Gospels, and questions whether contemporary women can be true ‘vera-icons’, representative of Christ in the world. |
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| ISSN: | 1756-0748 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2021.1902632 |