Empirical Evidence on Moral Contextualism

Analysis of survey responses from 1324 Methodist and Catholic laity and clergy shows that contextualism is an empirical reality. Liberal clergy are most contextualist. Contextualism is different from ambivalence and is not simply a repudiation of traditional prohibitions. Items eliciting contextuali...

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Auteur principal: Jones, Larry A. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer 1978
Dans: Review of religious research
Année: 1978, Volume: 19, Numéro: 3, Pages: 246-252
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Résumé:Analysis of survey responses from 1324 Methodist and Catholic laity and clergy shows that contextualism is an empirical reality. Liberal clergy are most contextualist. Contextualism is different from ambivalence and is not simply a repudiation of traditional prohibitions. Items eliciting contextualist responses are not symbolically central and appear to involve a specific application of a general rule.
ISSN:2211-4866
Contient:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3510126