Matthew Loftus's 'Moral Formation and Sexual Abuse' preview
- How should Christians move forward in a culture of sexual abuse in the wake of the Me Too moment?
The hosts preview Matthew Loftus's two-part piece on mereorthodoxy.com about the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein revelations and the Me Too movement: 'Moral Formation and Sexual Abuse,' subtitled 'Learning to Love What Is Good by Loving One Another.' They summarize his balanced approach — stop bad things, react appropriately rather than over- or under-reacting, put protections in place without overdoing them. They reflect on how people try to fix gray problems with black-and-white answers because their solutions are attached to belief systems, defending 'outer walls' two steps removed from the thing they actually believe.
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