A Christian Case for Gossip

Many of us were taught in childhood that it’s wrong to talk about people behind their backs. But, as many communities and institutions wrestle with secret abuses committed by their members, some argue that whisper networks can protect vulnerable people. Looking at the issue from the perspective of Christian ethics, theology scholar Matthew Lee Anderson argues that there’s a case to be made that, in certain narrow circumstances, Christians are not only allowed but obligated to gossip.

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