John, Texts @ Contexts

Nicole Wilkinson is Pastor at Cape May Presbyterian Church, NJ, USA.Leticia A. Guardiola-Sáenz is Associate Professor of Christian Scriptures at Seattle University, USA.

• Introduction: Reading through lifetimesNicole Wilkinson, Cape May Presbyterian Church, USA1. The incredible shrinking mother: the patrilineal erasing of Jesus’ mother in John’s gospelNicole Wilkinson, Cape May Presbyterian Church, USA2. The Irony of “He Must Increase, but I Must Decrease”: A Socio-Cultural Interpretation of John 3.30Menghun Goh, Taiwan School of Theology, Taiwan3. Perceiving John 4 through Diaspora and Differentness: Jesus, the Woman from Samaria and a Miraculous Sign in Relations of DifferenceA. Francis Carter, Jr., Phillips Theological Seminary, USA4. The race born blind: John chapter 9 as an anti-racist text of hope and promiseAlissabeth Newton, Diocese of New York, USA5. The social dimension of the Johannine “I am” sayings (John 10.1–18)Osvaldo D. Vena, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA6. The Foreshore and Seabed Debate and Jesus’ honour (doxa) in John’s Gospel: A Perspective from Aotearoa New ZealandDerek Tovey, The College of St. John the Evangelist, New Zealand7. “What is the Truth?” (18.38): A Postcolonial Trickster Reading of Jesus’ Arrest and TrialMusa W. Dube, Candler School of Theology, USAIndex