Sentences with phrase «situationists contend»
Situationists contend that a legalistic rendering of ancient laws is not theologically adequate.
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Robert F. Sinks has contended, in a Christian Century article («A Theology of Divorce,» April 20, 1977, pp. 377 - 378), that Jesus was taking a «situationist» stance in which divorce might be deemed appropriate in order to fulfill «the law of love.»
This situationist or contextual approach is based upon an interpretation of Jesus» fundamental attitude toward the decisions of life, contending that at heart he was very much a situationist.