Two millennia ago, religious and secular authorities colluded to kill a man who preached love and practiced what he preached.

Indonesia’s reliance on legalism in its South China Sea policy is no longer sufficient against China’s growing assertiveness. To protect its maritime interests, Jakarta must pursue ‘partial ...

It is about power, control, and the manipulation of religion for political ends. It is about the distortion of the Christian message, turning it from a message of grace and personal transformation ...

Noam Chomsky’s concept of “authoritarian legalism” describes how regimes manipulate legal frameworks to maintain power while projecting a facade of democracy. In Uganda, under President ...

Modesty is not only about gym clothes and skirt-lengths. It is not about purity rings or legalism, either — at least, not at heart. Rather, we as the Echo editorial board believe modesty is meant to ...

Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian priest and scholar who was regarded as the father of Latin American liberation theology, a far-reaching school of thought and action born of solidarity with poor ...

In Paul’s day, the Judaizers, or those in the “circumcision party,” were sowing confusion in their attempt to force Gentile Christians to abide by the Mosaic Law. They taught that ...

1. Introduction Joseph F. Fletcher develops the concept of situationism in Situation Ethics: The New Morality. Situationism, as Fletcher describes, is in between legalism and antinomianism. According ...

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Legalism is a major problem within the church today. Those who engage in legalism are teaching unbiblical ideas and pressing them on the congregation. John Piper defines legalism as “Legalism is the ...

Legalism is the easy way to have a form of religion and make yourself feel good. Charles Spurgeon said, “Superficial religion will always be fashionable because it does not require any self-denial.” ...