BOOKLIST 6.

Mark 47
The introduction recounts St. Clair's experience in youth ministry. My first
impression that this was predominantly a book for the church environment was
shown to be wrong. An experiential methodology is actually fundamental to wom-
anist theology. From this vantage, it is possible to engage with profound issues,
such as suffering and evil, in an academic manner. St. Clair's basic argument is that
there was a causal relationship between Jesus' ministry and suffering, and, con-
sequently, between discipleship and suffering. She argues from an honour/shame
perspective against those who regard Jesus' suffering, and hence that of future dis-
ciples, as divine necessity. I think that several scholars will feel that their work has
received harsh interpretation from St. Clair. In fairness, she admits that this is from
a womanist point of view, but it is a significant step to assert that, through the lenses
offered by these scholars, African American women's suffering is the will of God.
St. Clair's desire to liberate African American women from the notion that Jesus is
their divine co-sufferer suggests the potential value of womanist readings in libera-
tion theology.
Diana Woodcock
He Called unto him the Twelve and Began to Send them Forth ': The Continuation
of Jesus 'Mission According to the Gospel of Mark
Lawrence Iwuamadi
TG 169; Rome: EPUG, 2008, 978-88-7839-135-2, np, 303 pb
This primarily exegetical thesis, supervised by K. Stock, aims to answer two ques-
tions: firstly, 'does Mark foresee the continuation of Jesus' Mission?' and 'how
does Mark present this issue within the entire narrative?' (p. 13). It comprises an
Introduction, eight chapters in two unequal parts followed by a brief conclusion
and 15 pages of bibliography. The chapter titles of the exegetical part offer insight
to the work's scope; Call of the First Disciples (Mk 1.16-20; 2.13-14), Designation
of Disciples (3.13-19), Mission of the Twelve (6.7-13.30), Conditions and Aims of
following Jesus (8.34-9.1), Reward of the Continuers of Jesus' Mission (10.28-31),
Persecution and the Proclamation of the Gospel (13.9-13), Continuation of Jesus'
Mission in the Beginning of the Gospel and in Last Days of Jesus' Ministry
(1.1; 14.9, 27-28; 16.7). Each chapter follows an identical sequencetext critical
comments, delimitation of text, analysis of certain words and establishment of nar-
rative links within the context. One finds stimulating discussion of loci and indi-
vidual words, notably and (pp. 211-19).
Part II presents an overview of the previous content and sketches links with the
themes of Christology, discipleship and the Kingdom of God, which aspect might
have been developed. Omission of any interpretative hypothesis for discipleship
misunderstanding, for the role of discipleship requirements within continuing mis-
sion (9.34-10.31 ) and particularly for the concluding episode of the women's failure
to communicate the command of 16.7 (central text for Iwuamadi's work
pp. 143, 237ff) weakens the presentation as a proposed answer to the second ques-
tion mentioned above.
Anthony O'Leary
^ s
Copyright and Use:
As an ATLAS user, you may print, download, or send articles for individual use
according to fair use as defined by U.S. and international copyright law and as
otherwise authorized under your respective ATLAS subscriber agreement.
No content may be copied or emailed to multiple sites or publicly posted without the
copyright holder(s)' express written permission. Any use, decompiling,
reproduction, or distribution of this journal in excess of fair use provisions may be a
violation of copyright law.
This journal is made available to you through the ATLAS collection with permission
from the copyright holder(s). The copyright holder for an entire issue of a journal
typically is the journal owner, who also may own the copyright in each article. However,
for certain articles, the author of the article may maintain the copyright in the article.
Please contact the copyright holder(s) to request permission to use an article or specific
work for any use not covered by the fair use provisions of the copyright laws or covered
by your respective ATLAS subscriber agreement. For information regarding the
copyright holder(s), please refer to the copyright information in the journal, if available,
or contact ATLA to request contact information for the copyright holder(s).
About ATLAS:
The ATLA Serials (ATLAS) collection contains electronic versions of previously
published religion and theology journals reproduced with permission. The ATLAS
collection is owned and managed by the American Theological Library Association
(ATLA) and received initial funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.
The design and final form of this electronic document is the property of the American
Theological Library Association.