RT Article T1 For the Life of the World: Toward an Appraisal of Its Use of Scripture JF Theology today VO 78 IS 4 SP 375 OP 384 A1 Clifton Black, C. LA English YR 2022 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1783528907 AB Adopting David Kelsey's study of modern theologians’ uses of Scripture (1975), this article investigates the theoretical basis and practical outcomes for the procedure exemplified in For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church (2020). A consonance of its interpretive postulates and manner of scriptural appeals is demonstrable, coupled with diminished attention to biblical breadth and cogent scriptural warrants. K1 Suicide K1 Women K1 Abortion K1 Homosexuality K1 Children K1 Marriage K1 orthodox theology and social doctrine K1 biblical hermeneutics and exegesis DO 10.1177/00405736211048802