Does Jesus Endorse Armed Self-Defense in Luke 22:36?

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-366
Author(s):  
Timothy Hsiao
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Philosophical Argument ◽  
Personal Protection ◽  
Gun Ownership ◽  
Self Defense

Abstract In Luke 22:36, Jesus instructs his disciples to buy swords. The best understanding of this passage is that Jesus is endorsing the carrying of weapons for personal protection. This article outlines the self-defense interpretation and defends it against several objections. I then argue that the injunction to buy a sword can be extended to gun ownership as a modern-day application. After making the scriptural case for gun ownership, I then sketch a brief philosophical argument for a strong moral right to gun ownership. Various theological, philosophical, and empirical objections are considered and found lacking.

Feminism and Firearms: Gun Ownership, Gun Carrying, and Women’s Empowerment

2021 ◽  
pp. 073112142110286
Author(s):  
Margaret S. Kelley
Keyword(s):  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Feminist Identity ◽  
Gun Ownership ◽  
American Life ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Gun Carrying ◽  
Gun Culture ◽  
The Relationship

In this article, I use the 2018 Guns in American Life Survey (GALS) to investigate the relationship between feminist identity, gun ownership, gun carrying, and women’s empowerment. Notably, while identifying as a feminist lessens the likelihood that a woman will own a gun, of women who own handguns, feminists are more likely to carry their guns all or most of the time. Past victimization is associated with ownership and carrying, confirming genuine concern by women about their safety. Finally, findings reveal that women are more empowered by guns than are men and the relationship is moderated by age. Results are discussed in light of the current American gun culture focused on self-defense and a carry mindset that some women develop as feminist culture in action.

Community Defense and Criminal Order in Michoacán: Contention in the Grey Area

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 127-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Fuentes Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Organized Crime ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The Self ◽  
Nonstate Actors ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Grey Area ◽  
Los Grupos

The self-defense groups of La Ruana and Tepalcatepec and other communities in the Tierra Caliente of Michoacán, Mexico, emerged to oppose both the extortion and violence of the local parastatal order of organized crime and the central state’s demands for their disarming and dissolution. They represented a form of governmentality at the local level in which various nonstate actors performed the functions of government, control, and security in the grey area between legality and illegality. Los grupos de autodefensa de La Ruana y Tepalcatepec, así como de otras comunidades de tierra caliente en Michoacán, México, surgieron para contrarrestar las extorsiones y violencia del orden local paraestatal formado por el crimen organizado, así como las exigencias de desarme y disolución del estado central. Representaban una forma de gobernabilidad a nivel local, con varios actores no estatales haciendo las veces de gobierno, control y seguridad en un área gris entre lo legal y lo ilegal.

scholarly journals The Purpose of Kata: When, Why, and for Whom Kata Forms Have Occurred in Okinawa

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
Edvard Sefer
Keyword(s):  
Modern Philosophy ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
The Self ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
Important Conclusion ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Old Chinese ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Real Life Situation

AbstractThe primary aim of this research is to prove that the Kata forms were created for the self-defense of a weaker person against a stronger one. The materials and methods used for this research include a study of literature, old Chinese drawings, practical experience with Monku Jutsu, acupressure point fighting, history, Kata forms, anatomy, and body kinetics, as well as Chinese and modern philosophy.The most significant result of this study is a new approach to understanding Kata forms, with the most important conclusion being that Kata forms are an art of selfdefense that do not require fingers like iron or a body as hard as a rock in order for this knowledge to be used in a real life situation.

Type 2 diabetes and hearing loss in personnel of the Self-Defense Forces

2007 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidenari Sakuta ◽  
Takashi Suzuki ◽  
Hiroko Yasuda ◽  
Teizo Ito
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Defense

scholarly journals 192. Whiplash Injuries experienced at the Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital

1967 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 233a-233a
Author(s):  
Hirota HORINOUCHI ◽  
Seiji HOSODA ◽  
Hironobu SHIMADA ◽  
Satoru WATANABE
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Whiplash Injuries ◽  
Central Hospital ◽  
Self Defense

Methionine synthase and thymidylate synthase gene polymorphisms and colorectal adenoma risk: The self defense forces study

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (S1) ◽  
pp. E151-E157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichiro Yoshimitsu ◽  
Makiko Morita ◽  
Tadamichi Hamachi ◽  
Shinji Tabata ◽  
Hiroshi Abe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Adenoma ◽  
Thymidylate Synthase ◽  
Gene Polymorphisms ◽  
The Self ◽  
Methionine Synthase ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Adenoma Risk
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