DP #16: A Reading of the Parables of Jesus

Etchells' main point in A Reading of the Parables of Jesus is that Jesus himself has to challenge what is expected of humans in order to make a point about status and hospitality. She points out that Jesus himself is a peasant (within working class with a carpenter father, Joseph) who rises above what is expected of his class in order to teach and make things right. He preaches hospitality by challenging the social order before guesses who "were watching him closely" and who were placed above him in status. Etchell is poignant in explaining that Jesus uses controversial tactics such as those mentioned in order to overcome wrongly controversial social happenings.