My critical review is about Hays’ argument of homosexuality. My essay is formed with two parts: summary and evaluation of his argument. In order to articulate each part, I chose a way to answer specific questions referred to in the assignment’s direction.
1. Summary
❙ What are Hays’ methodology and important premises? As a way to provide the answer to ethical question of homosexuality, which the church faces with in today’s context, Hays uses the Fourfold Task of New Testament Ethics: the Descriptive Task to discern obvious moral vision derived from careful reading of the cannon, the Synthetic Task to find out a unity of ethical perspective within the variety of the cannon in light of three focal images of community, cross, and new creation, the Hermeneutical Task to make a connection between the text and our situation through imaginative integration, and the Pragmatic Task to apply the principals of the New Testament to our situation practically. With respect to the methodology, he premises two things. Firstly, …show more content…
Regarding Paul’s sociocultural situation, another theologian, Furnish insists that the reason why Hellenistic Jewish opposed to homosexual behaviors was that they regarded same-sex intercourse did not produce offspring but also defiled their maleness or femaleness. Furnish also claims that pederasty was rampant at the time of Paul. Moreover, Furnish points out the fact that Paul does not exactly say about why homosexual activities are against nature as dishonorable behaviors. That is, according to Furnish, Paul’s opposition to homosexuality does not expose any biblical foundation, merely, his agreement on social assessment of homosexuality. Based on this, Paul’s criticism toward homosexual practices may lose effect as the crucial foundation of the church’s position on
1. Summary
❙ What are Hays’ methodology and important premises? As a way to provide the answer to ethical question of homosexuality, which the church faces with in today’s context, Hays uses the Fourfold Task of New Testament Ethics: the Descriptive Task to discern obvious moral vision derived from careful reading of the cannon, the Synthetic Task to find out a unity of ethical perspective within the variety of the cannon in light of three focal images of community, cross, and new creation, the Hermeneutical Task to make a connection between the text and our situation through imaginative integration, and the Pragmatic Task to apply the principals of the New Testament to our situation practically. With respect to the methodology, he premises two things. Firstly, …show more content…
Regarding Paul’s sociocultural situation, another theologian, Furnish insists that the reason why Hellenistic Jewish opposed to homosexual behaviors was that they regarded same-sex intercourse did not produce offspring but also defiled their maleness or femaleness. Furnish also claims that pederasty was rampant at the time of Paul. Moreover, Furnish points out the fact that Paul does not exactly say about why homosexual activities are against nature as dishonorable behaviors. That is, according to Furnish, Paul’s opposition to homosexuality does not expose any biblical foundation, merely, his agreement on social assessment of homosexuality. Based on this, Paul’s criticism toward homosexual practices may lose effect as the crucial foundation of the church’s position on