Healing Discourses in the Gospel of Mark: A Socio-Political Reading

Contents: Foreword. Introduction. 1. Critical Discourse Analysis: Theory and Approaches. 2. Gospel of Mark: Context and Content. 3. Healing Stories as Social Discourse. 4. Healing Stories in Mark 2:1 - 12, Mark 5:1 - 12, and Mark: 10:46-52: Critical Discourse Analysis. Conclusion. Bibliography.

This book is an attempt to reimagining healing stories in the Gospel of Mark using the methodology of critical discourse analysis. Critical discourse analysis is a critical study of the text by keeping the tension and struggle reflected in the text. The analysis takes linguistic and psycho-social approaches one step further by analysing the data from a decidedly critical stance. This book depicts a new set of reflections on the healing stories. The study identifies healing stories beyond the familiar understanding of the miracles performed by Jesus Christ, finding out ‘healing’ as a socio – political discourse. This book proposes a new hermeneutical paradigm for studying the healing discourse and open new perspectives to the miracle stories as well.