Tool Or Lens? Worldview Theory And Christian Conservative Legal Activism

No. Panggil :	eja-21-0662
Nama Orang :	Whiehead, Jason E.






Penerbitan :	[Place of publication not identified] : Cambridge - Crime, 2021

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Abstrak	This article combines historical and philosophical analysis to examine and critique the ideas motivating Christian conservative legal activism. Such activists routinely claim to be moti vated by a Christian worldview, which they dene as a comprehensive explanation of reality that determines all their thinking and action, including their legal activism and argumenta tion. Examination of the historical and philosophical roots of the concept of worldview identied by Christian thinkers reveals two understandings of the concept: an analytic tool for rationally comparing the evidence for different social philosophies, and a pre theoretical lens that determines what counts as evidence in the first place. Christian conser vatives have largely favored the first sense of worldview as a tool to understand issues like sexuality and gender identity in an essentialist way and to demonstrate with foundationalist logic the rational superiority of their legal conclusions about these issues. However, a com parison of the Christian conservative worldview and the queer theory worldview illustrates how this understanding of worldview as a tool fails because there is no neutral perspective outside of any worldview, from which one could examine and compare one to another. The idea of worldview as a pre-theoretical, historically, and socially contingent lens can be more productive. Embracing this notion of worldview in a personalist way is necessary to build a culture of dialogue that uses narrative to pursue the truth while also respecting and honor ing the different perspectives from which these narratives are told.
Entri Tambahan Nama Orang
001 Hak Akses (open/membership)	membership
Kata Kunci	judicial politics, legal theory, worldview philosophy, Christian conservatives, culture wars
ISSN
Tahun Terbit	2021
No. Induk	eja-21-0662
Entri Sumber Data	Cambridge - Crime
Entri Utama Nama orang	Whiehead, Jason E.
Volume, Nomor, Tahun dan Hlm.	vol. 36, no. 1, p. 29-66
Entri Utama Nama Badan
Barcode	eja-21-0662
Subjek Topik
Judul Utama	Tool Or Lens? Worldview Theory And Christian Conservative Legal Activism
Kode Bahasa	eng
Sumber Koleksi	Perpustakaan Nasional