Legion No More: Confessions of a Gerasen (Mark 5:1-20)

A first-person narrative tells the story of Mark 5:1-20 from an imagined perspective of the man from whom Jesus cast out thousands of demons. The retelling reflects the author's desire to allow the biblical story to speak to contemporary experiences of mental illness and trauma. This interpreta...

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Publié dans:Journal of religion, disability & health
Auteur principal: Guth, Christine J. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge 2008
Dans: Journal of religion, disability & health
Année: 2008, Volume: 11, Numéro: 4, Pages: 71-78
Sujets non-standardisés:B unclean spirit
B Gerasene Demoniac
B Faith Healing
B Mental Illness
B Self-harm
B Post-traumatic stress disorder
B Autobiographical biblical criticism
B biblical autobiography
B social location
B demon possession
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Résumé:A first-person narrative tells the story of Mark 5:1-20 from an imagined perspective of the man from whom Jesus cast out thousands of demons. The retelling reflects the author's desire to allow the biblical story to speak to contemporary experiences of mental illness and trauma. This interpretation attempts to incorporate understandings of demon possession and faith that ancient readers might have held while respecting the ongoing hard work required of modern believers coping with mental illness.
ISSN:1522-9122
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1300/J095v11n04_07