| Dispatches from the Front: Theological Engagements with the Secular Contributor(s): Hauerwas, Stanley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822317168 ISBN-13: 9780822317166 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1995 Annotation: Whatever might be said about Hauerwas--and there is plenty--no one has ever accused him of being boring, and in this book he delivers another jolt to all those who think that Christian theology is a matter of indifference to our secular society. Combative, incisive, always provocative, here he takes on some of the most time-honored values and troubling questions that mark our day--and in doing so reveals the pertinence of a critique of liberalism from a Christian perspective. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Theology - Religion | Religion, Politics & State |
| Dewey: 261.2 |
| LCCN: 93044504 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.04" W x 9.02" (0.93 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: God knows it is hard to make God boring, Stanley Hauerwas writes, but American Christians, aided and abetted by theologians, have accomplished that feat. Whatever might be said about Hauerwas-and there is plenty-no one has ever accused him of being boring, and in this book he delivers another jolt to all those who think that Christian theology is a matter of indifference to our secular society. At once Christian theology and social criticism, this book aims to show that the two cannot be separated. In this spirit, Hauerwas mounts a forceful attack on current sentimentalities about the significance of democracy, the importance of the family, and compassion, which appears here as a literally fatal virtue. In this time of the decline of religious knowledge, when knowing a little about a religion tends to do more harm than good, Hauerwas offers direction to those who would make Christian discourse both useful and truthful. Animated by a deep commitment, his essays exhibit the difference that Christian theology can make in the shaping of lives and the world. |