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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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Religious studies
Jahr: 2022, Band: 58, Heft: 4, Seiten: 677-700 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Maria, von Nazaret, Biblische Person
/ Unbefleckte Empfängnis
/ Jungfrauengeburt
/ Einvernehmen
/ Nötigung
/ Gott
/ Güte
/ Moral
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus NBC Gotteslehre NBJ Mariologie NCA Ethik |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Immaculate Conception
B Virgin Birth B divine goodness B Consent B Deception B Power Differential B Coercion |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412521000226 |