The Hauerwas Reader Contributor(s): Hauerwas, Stanley (Author), Berkman, John (Editor), Cartwright, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0822326809 ISBN-13: 9780822326809 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $137.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2001 Annotation: "Stanley Hauerwas is "the" theological ethicist of our times. Those who disagree with him need to know why they do and those who agree, as do I, need his splendid case made clear. This reader, the best of his work, is the way for either sort to come to terms with this American master."--James W. McClendon, Jr., Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Fuller Theological Seminary "If you don't know Hauerwas yet, this fine collection is the way to begin, along with its wonderful introductions and guides to Hauerwas's work. If you do know him, well, then, you already know that each reading and re-reading will bring surprises. And blessings."--Peter Ochs, Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies, University of Virginia "It would be hard to overestimate the value of Stanley Hauerwas's contributions to theological conversation and religious life in today's world. Alternately brilliant and exasperating, his work is indispensable in helping us find our way in a dark time. This wonderful reader is the best introduction to Hauerwas currently available."--Robert N. Bellah, coauthor of "Habits of the Heart" "Texans and Christians are troublesome. At odds with enlightened liberal cosmopolitan pretensions, they embrace particularity. One cannot deduce either Texas or Christianity from reason or from human nature. Hauerwas as a Texan Christian has for three decades reminded us forcefully of the importance of taking the troublesome particularity of Christianity seriously. These essays provoke, engage, and instruct. They are a superb selection from the work of one of the most important theologians of our time. Everyone, whether Christian or non-Christian, believer or atheist, should readthese essays; they are key to understanding the religious, moral, and metaphysical struggles of our age."--H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Ph.D., M.D., Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine "For decades now Stanley Hauerwas has been the most eloquent voice proclaiming the morality of particularism and the immorality of universalism. In a liberal culture that voice is heard as both alien and unreasonable, accusations Hauerwas no doubt cherishes."--Stanley Fish, author of "The Trouble with Principle |
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | Theology - Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics |
Dewey: 241.040 |
LCCN: 00047709 |
Physical Information: 2" H x 6.48" W x 9.61" (2.67 lbs) 752 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: 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." Yet despite his prominence and the esteem reserved for his thought, his work has never before been collected in a single volume that provides a sense of the totality of his vision. The editors of The Hauerwas Reader, therefore, have compiled and edited a volume that represents all the different periods and phases of Hauerwas's work. Highlighting both his constructive goals and penchant for polemic, the collection reflects the enormous variety of subjects he has engaged, the different genres in which he has written, and the diverse audiences he has addressed. It offers Hauerwas on ethics, virtue, medicine, and suffering; on euthanasia, abortion, and sexuality; and on war in relation to Catholic and Protestant thought. His essays on the role of religion in liberal democracies, the place of the family in capitalist societies, the inseparability of Christianity and Judaism, and on many other topics are included as well. Perhaps more than any other author writing on religious topics today, Hauerwas speaks across lines of religious traditions, appealing to Methodists, Jews, Anabaptists or Mennonites, Catholics, Episcopalians, and others. |