| After Christendom Contributor(s): Hauerwas, Stanley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0687009294 ISBN-13: 9780687009299 Publisher: Abingdon Press OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1991 Annotation: After describing how and why the Enlightenment wreaked havoc on the purpose and ministry of the church, Hauerwas explains why the modern church is disestablished. He explodes the popular liberal notions of justice and freedom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Inspirational - Religion | Christian Ministry - General |
| Dewey: 261 |
| LCCN: 91024089 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.92" W x 8.2" (0.59 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Liberal/conservative and modern/postmodern concepts define contemporary theological debate. Yet what if these categories are grounded in a set of assumptions about what it means to be the church in the world, presuming we must live as though God's existence does not matter? What if our theological discussion distracts us from the fact that the church is no longer able to shape the desires and habits of Christians? Hauerwas wrestles with these and similar questions constructing a theological politics necessary for the church to be the church in the world. In so doing, he challenges liberal notions of justice and freedom. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hauerwas Stanley: - Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law at the Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He has written a voluminous number of articles, authored and edited many books, and has been the subject of other theologians' writing and interest. He has been a board member of the Society of Christian Ethics, Associate Editor of a number of Christian journals and periodicals, and a frequent lecturer at campuses across the country. |