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The Harm Principle and Christian Belief
- Author(s):
- Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies (view group) , Adrian Thatcher
- Date:
- 2021
- Group(s):
- Biblical Studies, Feminist Humanities, Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, Religious Studies, Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies
- Subject(s):
- Hermeneutics
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- discipleship, gender violence, euthyphro dilemma, sexual ethics, Queer and gender studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/y3ea-dm89
- Abstract:
- The article addresses the question why Christians often fail to achieve even the minimum standard of secular morality. It isolates from a long list of failures the undermining and maltreatment of women and sexual minorities. It describes four types of violence – gender, epistemic, symbolic, and hermeneutic – they are made to endure. It then undertakes a theological and philosophical analysis of some of the causes of failure, locating them in i) the moral hazards of “divine command ethics”; ii) the promulgation of immoral doctrines; iii) the perils of “costly discipleship”; iv) the quest for certainty; and v) adherence to the scripture principle or sola scriptura.
- Notes:
- Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies 2.2 (2021): 5-24
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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