A Delicate Knowledge
Epistemology, Homosexuality, and St. John of the Cross
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20460290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Hinkle (Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 427-440 |
| Publication date | 2001-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-7177 • E-ISSN: 1468-0025 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-0025.00166 |
| OpenAlex | W1987087670 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In light of the intractable disagreements, both theological and theoretical, which emerge at every turn in contemporary discussions of homosexuality and religion, this essay advances an epistemological approach to the discussion. The advantage of an epistemological approach is that it sidesteps many of the narrow denominational discussions, making almost no reference to Romans, to natural law, or to a sexual ethic based on love and mutuality. By drawing upon analytic philosophy of religion (Alvin Plantinga and Richard Swinburne specifically), I hope to show how a failure explicitly to face epistemological challenges has undermined pro‐gay claims and arguments and contributed to religious confusion. Constructively, the work of St. John the Cross helpfully offers a powerful epistemological vision that importantly supplements the analytic projects of Plantinga and Swinburne, thereby helping us comprehend more fully what is implied and required in justified pro‐gay religious conviction
Confusion · Conviction · Epistemology · Homosexuality · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religion and Society Interactions
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |