Hypocrisy as a challenge to Christian belief
Hypocrisy challenges religious belief in two ways. Arguments to Absurdity contend hypocrisy is defeasible evidence of the irrationality of a doctrine or practice. Arguments from Betrayal contend that hypocrisy confronts institutionally loyal believers with a tragic dilemma: that because loyalty is j...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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Religious studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 247-264 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hypocrisy
/ Christianity
/ Faith
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality |
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| Summary: | Hypocrisy challenges religious belief in two ways. Arguments to Absurdity contend hypocrisy is defeasible evidence of the irrationality of a doctrine or practice. Arguments from Betrayal contend that hypocrisy confronts institutionally loyal believers with a tragic dilemma: that because loyalty is justified by the goodness of its object, hypocrisy requires believers to sacrifice either their conscience (to remain loyal) or their character and identity (by abandoning their loyalty). This article presents philosophical and theological reasons that both arguments are unpersuasive. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412517000105 |