Grave Attending by Karen Bray;

Author:Karen Bray;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 2)
Published: 2020-02-26T16:00:00+00:00

The Double Bind of Female Discipleship in Luke-Acts

An intertextual reading of the Mary and Martha story from within the larger theological discussion of discipleship within Luke-Acts helps to support an alternate reading of Martha’s complaint to Jesus: “‘Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself?’” (Lk 10:40). Read through the lens of feminist affect theory, this complaint becomes not only justifiable, but also prophetic and pedagogical. In order to flesh out some possible grounds for Martha’s justified frustration, an exegesis of the consequences for women in terms of Luke’s understanding of discipleship will be helpful. Particularly helpful is an investigation into verses 14:25–33, a direct statement in Luke-Acts on the cost of discipleship, and so one might say, criteria for “the better part” of faith granted to Mary by Jesus:

Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’ Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace. So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.” (NRSV)

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