‘From Childhood’: A Markan Soteriology for Victims of Childhood Abuse
In this article I bring an analysis of the boy possessed ‘from childhood’ in Mark 9:14–29 to bear on the contemporary situation of victims abused as children. I suggest that at least some of the discomfort we may feel in comparing an abused child to a possessed child in the Gospels stems from a resi...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Sage
2022
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Irish theological quarterly
Año: 2022, Volumen: 87, Número: 3, Páginas: 181-191 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Salvation
B Atonement B Abuse B Victims B Possession B Exorcism |
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| Sumario: | In this article I bring an analysis of the boy possessed ‘from childhood’ in Mark 9:14–29 to bear on the contemporary situation of victims abused as children. I suggest that at least some of the discomfort we may feel in comparing an abused child to a possessed child in the Gospels stems from a residual feeling that demoniacs are guilty. But the Gospel witness is that possessed people are innocent and unwillingly ‘colonized.’ I then note the literary echoes between Mark 9:14–29 and Mark 14:32–42 which highlight Jesus’ identification with victims in Gethsemane. I conclude by suggesting that the possessed boy of Mark 9 is representative of innocent childhood victims in his unwilling bondage, and that Jesus’ salvific solidarity with him in Gethsemane offers to all victims of childhood abuse a healing space from which to identify with Christ on his healing journey toward resurrection. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00211400221098012 |