VOCATION AND CREATION: BEYOND THE GENTILE‐HOMOSEXUAL ANALOGY

One strand of the church's conversation about homosexuality compares present‐day acceptance of homosexuals to the church's acceptance of Gentiles in Acts 15. In a previous article, “Gentiles and Homosexuals,” I presented the history of that strand. In a reply to my article, Olson proposes to reimagine the analogy via the “radical new perspective on Paul” and argues that doing so exposes problems with my original analysis. I defend myself against these criticisms, while also entering into the spirit of Olson's reimagined analogy. Expanding the scope beyond Acts to Paul opens up important facets that might otherwise be obscured. In particular, it includes voices that are sometimes silenced, and presses both sides for an account of sexuality grounded in vocation and God's purposes in creation.     

敬畏与智慧推理:正负效价的分离机制

为检验敬畏与智慧推理的关系及敬畏正负效价的分离机制;研究采取问卷调查与实验法从特质与状态层面分别探讨二者的关系及潜在机制。研究结果发现特质积极敬畏(研究1)与诱发状态积极敬畏(研究2a)均可正向预测智慧推理;也可通过平衡时间取向正向影响智慧推理。不过;特质消极敬畏(研究1)与诱发状态消极敬畏(研究2b)均不能预测智慧推理;更无法通过平衡时间取向影响智慧推理;表明消极敬畏对智慧推理的促进作用有限。敬畏对智慧推理的影响存在正负分离机制;表现为积极敬畏可预测智慧推理发展;也能通过平衡时间取向提升智慧推理水平;但消极敬畏未表现出相同模式。     

旁观者清?道德情景中不同角色视角的启动调节第三方道德判断

在道德情境中, 个体因不同的先前经历而对同一道德事件的理解和判断常常存在差异, 难以实现真正的“旁观者清”。本研究通过激活不同道德角色的视角, 运用事件相关电位技术探讨先前经历如何影响视角选择, 从而调节个体的道德判断及其神经基础。研究结果显示, 启动接受者视角使道德判断更加严苛, 而启动决策者视角则使判断更为宽松。此外, 随着决策者从不道德决策中获得的收益降低, 不同视角对道德判断的调节作用逐渐减弱。在神经层面, 启动不同道德角色视角影响了道德判断的早期加工和情绪唤起, 具体表现为决策者视角诱发了更大的N1和P2成分, 而接受者视角则引发了更大的与预期违背相关的FRN成分。这表明, 先前的道德经历显著影响个体在作为旁观者时的道德判断偏好, 主要通过调节对他人道德决策的早期加工过程来实现。     

Young at heart,old at work? Relations between age, (meta-)stereotypes,self-categorization,and retirement attitudes

The aims of this study were to examine how workers' negative age stereotypes (i.e., denying older workers' ability to develop) and negative meta-stereotypes (i.e., beliefs that the majority of colleagues feel negative about older workers) are related to their attitudes towards retirement (i.e., occupational future time perspective and intention to retire), and whether the strength of these relationships is influenced by workers' self-categorization as an “older” person. Results of a study among Dutch taxi drivers provided mixed support for the hypotheses. Negative meta-stereotypes, but not negative age stereotypes, were associated with fewer perceived opportunities until retirement and, in turn, a stronger intention to retire. Self-categorization moderated the relationships between negative age (meta-)stereotypes and occupational future time perspective. However, contrary to expectations, the relations were stronger among workers with a low self-categorization as an older person in comparison with workers with a high self-categorization in this regard. Overall, results highlight the importance of psychosocial processes in the study of retirement intentions and their antecedents.