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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Journals Online & Print: | En cours de chargement...
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| Dans: |
Religious studies
Année: 2022, Volume: 58, Numéro: 4, Pages: 677-700 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Marie, von Nazaret, Biblische Person
/ Immaculée Conception
/ Jésus-Christ
/ Consentement (droit)
/ Contrainte (droit)
/ Dieu
/ Bonté
/ Morale
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AB Philosophie de la religion NBC Dieu NBJ Mariologie NCA Éthique |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Immaculate Conception
B Virgin Birth B divine goodness B Consent B Deception B Power Differential B Coercion |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412521000226 |
