Gossip and Gender: Othering of Speech in the Pastoral Epistles

Gossip and Gender: Othering of Speech in the Pastoral Epistles
ISBN-10
3110215632
ISBN-13
9783110215632
Category
Religion
Pages
241
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Author
Marianne Bjelland Kartzow

Description

The frequent comments about gossip in the Pastoral Epistles are noteworthy, and it often has gender implications. Insights from the growing field of gossip studies from multiple disciplines help to interpret what role gossip plays, especially in relation to how power and authority are distributed and promoted. A presentation of various texts from antiquity shows that the relation between gossip and gender is multiple and complex: to gossip was typical for all women and risky for elite men who constantly had to defend their masculinity. The ancient gossip discourse helps to understand more of the social dynamics of early Christianity, to fill in the imaginative picture and generate ideas to how Christian identity and theology were constructed.

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