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5 - Rewriting the Rule

Christianity without Orthodoxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2024

David W. Congdon
David W. Congdon
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University Press of Kansas
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The last chapter recapitulates the arguments in a normative, rather than historical, mode, examining the underlying logic of orthodoxy implicit in each version of conservative Christianity’s pursuit of authentic, historic faith. The chapter argues that orthodoxy is an inherently ambiguous concept that requires an authoritarian leader to determine arbitrary boundaries by policing and punishing the heterodox. So long as orthodoxy remains the normative goal, the culture-war politics of the Christian Right will remain.

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Who Is a True Christian?
Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture
 , pp. 230 - 270
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Rewriting the Rule
  • David W. Congdon, University Press of Kansas
  • Book: Who Is a True Christian?
  • Online publication: 04 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009429047.007
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  • Rewriting the Rule
  • David W. Congdon, University Press of Kansas
  • Book: Who Is a True Christian?
  • Online publication: 04 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009429047.007
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  • Rewriting the Rule
  • David W. Congdon, University Press of Kansas
  • Book: Who Is a True Christian?
  • Online publication: 04 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009429047.007
Available formats
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