‘Take Up Your Mat and Walk’: [Dis-] Abled Bodies of Communication and Early Christian Wandering

Author:

Lawrence Louise J.1

Affiliation:

1. Professor Louise Lawrence, PhD (Exeter Univerity) works in the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology (CAHRT) and the University of Exeter. Her most recent publication is Refiguring Universities in an Age of Neoliberalism - Creating Compassionate Campuses (Springer, 2021).

Abstract

Early Christianity relied heavily on walking, yet New Testament Studies has largely neglected the cultural significance of walking in the ancient world and its connection to Early Christian communication. Walking, often seen as a conscious cultural act, is often overlooked in scholarly discourse, with the focus primarily on its symbolic aspects. Drawing from interdisciplinary research in classics, cultural studies, and social science, this study aims to explore how early Christian bodily movement and communication have been perceived and culturally appropriated in European and North American scholarship. It presents three case studies: the portrayal of disabled bodies’ movements in healings, the interpretation of Jesus and his disciples as itinerant wanderers, and the examination of walking in Pauline literature as a means of profiling missionary success.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Religious studies

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