Common Sense, Plain Sense, and Faithful Dissent: Evangelical Interpretation and the Ethics of Marriage Equality
This essay constructs a moral theology of reading scripture by retrieving habits and virtues of early evangelical readers that have potential to help evangelicals reengage one another on divisive topics such as marriage equality. I use this moral theology of reading scripture to diagnose power dynam...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 101-117 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality FD Contextual theology HA Bible KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDG Free church NCF Sexual ethics |
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| Summary: | This essay constructs a moral theology of reading scripture by retrieving habits and virtues of early evangelical readers that have potential to help evangelicals reengage one another on divisive topics such as marriage equality. I use this moral theology of reading scripture to diagnose power dynamics operative in commonsense assumptions around gender and plain-sense interpretive frameworks that privilege literal interpretations. I interact with the historical trajectory of evangelicalism that values conversion as the telos of reading scripture. Continental Pietists also read in a spirit of faithful dissent, allowing them to cast the interpretive net widely, to welcome new readers, and to challenge social barriers that excluded marginalized voices. Faithful dissent is a necessary habit that generates courage to be open to the Spirit's work of blessing and renewal in the world. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-2176 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/sce.2017.0001 |