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Christian ethicist Stanley Hauerwas explores the church's unique nature, message, and ministry in the world.
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Stanley Hauerwas begins this volume with a vigorous response to the charge of sectarianism leveled against his work by James Gustafson, among others. "Show me where I am wrong about God, Jesus, the limits of liberalism, the nature of the virtues, or the doctrine of the church," Hauerwas replies to his critics, "but do not shortcut that task by calling me a sectarian." The essays that follow explore in a lucid, compelling, firm, and provocative way the church's nature, message, and ministry in the world. Hauerwas writes on the church as God's new language, on clerical character, on the pastor as prophet, on the ministry of the local congregation, on grace and public virtue, and on the relation of church and university. Underlying Hauerwas's argument is his conviction that "the most important knowledge Christian convictions involve, and there is much worth knowing for which Christians have no special claim, requires a transformation of the self. Christianity is no 'world view,' not a form of primitive metaphysics, that can be assessed in comparison to alternative 'world views.' Rather, Christians are people who remain convinced that the truthfulness of their beliefs must be demonstrated in their lives. There is a sense in which Christian convictions are self-referential, but the reference is not to propositions but to lives." Stanley M. Hauerwas is Professor of Theological Ethics at the Divinity School of Duke University. Widely regarded as a major voice in English speaking theology, he has written With the Grain of the Universe and A Better Hope (both published by Brazos Press).
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- PublisherLabyrinth Press
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0939464489
- ISBN 13 9780939464487
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages266
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