Mary, did you consent?
The Christian and Islamic doctrine of the virgin birth claim God asexually impregnated the Virgin Mary with Jesus, Mary's impregnation was fully consensual (virgin consent), and God never acts immorally (divine goodness). First, I show that God's actions and Mary's background beliefs...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 58, Issue: 4, Pages: 677-700 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Maria, von Nazaret, Biblische Person
/ Immaculate conception
/ Virgin birth
/ Consent (Law)
/ Duress (Law)
/ God
/ Goodness
/ Morals
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God NBJ Mariology NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Immaculate Conception
B Virgin Birth B divine goodness B Consent B Deception B Power Differential B Coercion |
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| Summary: | The Christian and Islamic doctrine of the virgin birth claim God asexually impregnated the Virgin Mary with Jesus, Mary's impregnation was fully consensual (virgin consent), and God never acts immorally (divine goodness). First, I show that God's actions and Mary's background beliefs undermine her consent by virtue of coercive incentives, Mary's comparative powerlessness, and the generation of moral conflicts. Second, I show that God's non-disclosure of certain reasonably relevant facts undermines Mary's informed consent. Third, I show that a recent attempt by Jack Mulder to rescue virgin consent fails. As divine goodness and virgin consent are more central to orthodoxy, Christians and Muslims have powerful reason to reject virgin birth. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412521000226 |