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In Contested Masculinities, the author argues for the importance of
critical consciousness, and attentiveness to the interplay of the
biblical text, context and the long, complex, histories of
interpretation that play out in the construction of masculinities.
Locating his reading of 1 Thessalonians within the thickly textured
setting of a postcolonial, post-apartheid South Africa, the author
seeks to recontextualize Paul, providing a nuanced understanding of
how Paul's letters exercise authority over both the church and the
academy. The author maintains that attempts to frame either the
biblical text or notions of masculinity as singular and universal
perpetuate and reinforce binary formulations (church/academy,
global north/global south, colonizer/colonized, male/female) and
entrench hierarchies of power. The author re-reads 1 Thessalonians,
exploring the fissures that come into view when training a
postcolonial and gender-critical lens on the biblical text and
delivers a refreshing account that is playful and open and porous,
especially as a conversational piece for masculinity, ancient and
contemporary.
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