44 min
What We Missed In...A Post-Colonial Reading of Mark 5.1-20 (2) Bethnal Green Mission Church
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Within the diverse and creative world of biblical interpretation, it's possible to encounter scripture freshly and dynamically which helps to bring new understanding. This talk takes a second post-colonial look at Jesus' encounter with a 'foreign legion' that had possessed and subjugated a man. How does it speak to us about how imperial power has occupied, dominated and diminished people and nations? What does it say to us, our privilege and power, and our complicity in the system and spirit of empire?
Within the diverse and creative world of biblical interpretation, it's possible to encounter scripture freshly and dynamically which helps to bring new understanding. This talk takes a second post-colonial look at Jesus' encounter with a 'foreign legion' that had possessed and subjugated a man. How does it speak to us about how imperial power has occupied, dominated and diminished people and nations? What does it say to us, our privilege and power, and our complicity in the system and spirit of empire?
44 min