Environmental Modesty.

Despite this virtue's history as an instrument of women's oppression, modesty, at its most basic, means voluntary restraint of one's power, undertaken for the sake of others. It is a mechanism that modifies unequal power relationships and encourages greater compassion and fairness. I use a Christian...

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Published in:Journal of Religious Ethics Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 475 - 493
Main Author: Hartman, Laura M.
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2015
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