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Living with Betrayal
Author(s) -
Henry Martin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new blackfriars
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1741-2005
pISSN - 0028-4289
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2009.01316.x
Subject(s) - betrayal , christianity , interpretation (philosophy) , phenomenon , philosophy , function (biology) , sight , epistemology , religious studies , political science , law , biology , physics , linguistics , evolutionary biology , astronomy
This article addresses the idea that, over the centuries, Christianity has survived only by betraying its own uncompromising ideals. It investigates how damaging this interpretation could be for Christianity, and suggests that Christianity's survival might paradoxically be a function of the very phenomenon that seems at first sight to undermine it.