Ideological Texture Analysis
Ideological texture concerns particular alliances and conflicts of the language in a text and the language in an interpretation evoke and nurture. Ideological texture concerns the way the text itself and interpreters of the text position themselves in relation to other individuals and groups.
The Ideological analysis of a text is …show more content…
The story of the Centurion’s faith exhibits an exegesis of power expressed at different levels and in different contexts. It describes power as used by leaders and rulers, thereby allowing readers to consider the differences between leadership and God, as well as the constructs involved in the authentic use of power.
Robbins (1996) states that Ideological analysis offers a particularly suitable technique for conducting a survey of power, in that ideology and political thought represent essentially the same concept and Pfeffer (1992) and McClelland (1975) state some scholars generally refer to power as that power primarily used in political contexts. An ideology consists of a person’s moral beliefs regarding social order. This includes values: biases, prejudices, and stereotypes, as well as beliefs based on an individual or group’s experiences, regarding how people should do what they do. Ideology does not include what people do, which represent behavioral artifacts, or why they do what they do, which represent cultural assumptions, even though Robbins (1996) offers that the answers to the question “why” might reveal fuller bases of understanding of ideological …show more content…
Power is the focus of the sources, and how the use of power was employed by the Centurion and Jesus. The story of the Centurion with faith offers a clear example of power expressed at different levels and in different contexts. It also describes power as used by leaders and rulers, thereby allowing readers to consider the differences between leadership and lordship, as well as the constructs involved in the authentic use of