Smit, Peter-Ben A.2019-04-152018-10Smit, P.-B. 2018, 'Servant leadership revisited: διακονία, masculinity and martyrdom in Mark 10:42–45', Ecclesiology, vol. 14. no. 3, pp. 284-305.1744-1366 (print)1745-5316 (online)10.1163/17455316-01403004http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68976Mark 10:42–45 is a key text for discussions of ‘diakonia’ and the related ministry of ‘deacons’ in the church. This paper uses a gender-critical approach to analyse the text, in the course of which a new exegetical proposal is made. It is argued not only that this text makes a somewhat subversive proposal for leadership, but also that our understanding of it can be furthered by means of masculinities studiesen© 2018 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.Servant leadershipMasculinityMartyrdomDiakoniaGospel of MarkMasculinities studiesMinistryGenderTheology articles SDG-05SDG-05: Gender equalityTheology articles SDG-10SDG-10: Reduced inequalitiesPostprint Article