Babies and Building Blocks
A Re-constructive Reading of God’s Household in 1 Peter in light of the Absent Child
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21586044 |
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| Authors | Amy Lindeman Allen (0009-0005-0069-9389, Christian Theological Seminary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 347-370 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biblical Interpretation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0927-2569 • E-ISSN: 1568-5152 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685152-00283p04 |
| OpenAlex | W3034423557 |
| Language | EN |
This essay re-reads 1 Peter’s Haustafel from a childist perspective, concerned with children both absent and present. It re-imagines 1 Peter’s Haustafel as a model for the Christian family based on growth and interdependence, rather than power and submission. In this model, God is paterfamilias , mimicking patriarchy in order to bring about a reversal in which elders imitate infants. This is argued in three parts: (1) attending to children and the ideologies that govern their relationships; (2) uniting the metaphors of infants and building blocks; and (3) re-imagining an alternate model of household relationships
Art · Biblical studies · Constructive · Ideology · Linguistics · Literature · Patriarchy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Highly cited | No |
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