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Informationen zum Autor Stanley Hauerwas Klappentext "This collection is obviously a labor of love. Fortunately, it is also a labor of editorial care and precision. In addition to first-rate introductory material, the writings of a master provocateur are gathered here in a fresh, synthetic format. Re-reading these essays was humbling."--Jean Bethke Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago Zusammenfassung Stanley Hauerwas is one of the most widely read and oft-cited theologians writing today. A prolific lecturer and author! he has been at the forefront of key developments in contemporary theology! ranging from narrative theology to the "recovery of virtue." This book represents all the different periods and phases of Hauerwas' work. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Abbreviations ix Acknowledgments xi Part I: Editorial Introductions John Berkman, An Introduction to The Hauerwas Reader 3 William Cavanaugh, Stan the Man: A Thoroughly Biased Account of a completely Unobjective Person 17 Part II: Reframing Theological Ethics Who Are Christians? The Christian Story 1. How "Christian Ethics" Came to Be (1997) 37 2. On Keeping Theological Ethics Theological (1983) 51 3. A Retrospective Assessment of an "Ethics of Character": The Development of Hauerwas's Theological Project (1985, 2001) 75 4. Why the "Sectarian Temptation" Is a Misrepresentation: A Response to James Gustafson (1988) 90 5. Reforming Christian Social Ethics: Ten Theses (1981) 111 6. Jesus and the Social Embodiment of the Peaceable Kingdom (1983) 116 7. The Church as God's New Language (1986) 142 What Are Christians to Be? Christian Discipleship 8. Vision, Stories, and Character (1973, 2001) 165 9. A Story-Formed Community: Reflections on Watership Down (1981) 171 10. Self-Deception and Autobiography: Reflections on Speer's Inside the Third Reich, with David B. Burrell (1974) 200 11. Character, Narrative, and Growth in the Christian Life (1980) 221 12. The Interpretation of Scripture: Why Discipleship is Required (1993) 255 13. Casuistry in Context: The Need for Tradition (1995) 267 How Are Christians to Live? Discipleship Exemplified 14. Courage Exemplified, with Charles Pinches (1993) 287 15. Why Truthfulness Requires Forgiveness: A Commencement Address for Graduates of a College of the Church of the Second Chance (1992) 307 16. Peacemaking: The Virtue of the Church (1985) 318 17. Remembering as a Moral Task: The Challenge of the Holocaust (1981) 327 18. Practicing Patience: How Christians Should Be Sick, with Charles Pinches (1997) 348 Part III: New Intersections in Theological Ethics The Church's Witness: Christian Ethics after "Public Theology" 19. The Servant Community: Christian Social Ethics (1983) 371 20. Should War Be Eliminated? A Thought Experiment (1984) 392 21. On Being a Church Capable of Addressing a World at War: A Pacifist Response to the United Methodist Bishops' Pastoral In Defense of Creation (1988) 426 22. A Christian Critique of Christian America (1986) 459 23. Sex in Public: How Adventurous Christians Are Doing It (1978) 481 24. The Radical Hope in the Annunciation: Why Both Single and Married Christians Welcome Children (1998) 505 25. Why Gays (as a Group) Are Morally Superior to Christians (as a Group) (1993) 519 26. Christianity: It's Not a Religion, It's an Adventure (1991) 522 The Church's Hospitality: Christian Ethics after "Medical Ethics" 27. Salvation and Health: Why Medicine Needs the Church (1985) 539 28. Should Suffering Be Eliminated? What the Retarded Have to Teach Us (1984) 556 29. Memory, Community, and the Reasons for Living: Reflections on Suicide and Euthanasia, with Richard Bondi (1976) 577 30. Must a Patient Be a Person...
