@article{punt_teaching_2015, title = {Teaching Mark through a postcolonial optic : original research}, volume = {71}, issn = {0259-9422}, doi = {10.4102/hts.v71i1.2970}, abstract = {This contribution explores the potential value of a post colonial approach for teaching Mark\'s gospel. Investigating a number of texts from the gospel, it asks to what extent a post colonial optic implies a different approach to the gospel, what it adds and where challenges exist. Teaching with a post colonial optic entails framing the gospel in its 1st-century imperial context and focusing on the ambivalence and ambiguity of imperial rule, investigating texts with attention to hybridity and mimicry in particular. Teaching the Gospel of Mark through a post colonial optic opens up new possibilities for interpretation and contextualisation, but at the same time poses certain challenges, pedagogically and otherwise.}, pages = {1--9}, number = {1}, journaltitle = {{HTS} : Theological Studies}, author = {Punt, Jeremy}, date = {2015}, note = {Free}, }