‘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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主要作者: O’Halloran, Nathan (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: Sage 2022
In: Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2022, 卷: 87, 发布: 3, Pages: 181-191
Further subjects:B Salvation
B Atonement
B Abuse
B Victims
B Possession
B Exorcism
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总结: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.
ISSN:1752-4989
Contains:Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00211400221098012