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Stanley Hauerwas & Romand Coles: Christianity, Democracy, and the Radical Ordinary.

We love the idea of these kinds of books don’t we? The concept of two intellectuals, from different backgrounds getting together and discussing important themes thoroughly enough to produce a book. When the two persons involved represent such particular traditions … Fortsätt läsa

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Roland Spjuth: Kristen moralhistoria: Sökandet efter det goda livet.

Det här är en annorlunda lärobok i etik. Det är givetvis både en styrka och en svaghet. Svagheten består främst i att den inte alls behandlar de två mest uppenbara källorna till kristen etik, det vill säga den grekiska filosofin … Fortsätt läsa

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Stanley Hauerwas: A Cross-Shattered Church. Reclaiming the Theological Heart of Preaching.

This is another book in the series ”Hauerwas turn to the Bible” (see Matthew, Cross-Shattered Christ). This book consists of 17 sermons and three appendices, of which the last one is particularly important: In ”Connecting the Dots, or An Attempt … Fortsätt läsa

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Stanley Hauerwas: Cross-Shattered Christ. Meditations on the Seven Last Words.

I am really bad at reading this kind of books, that is slow meditative reading. (I read it in roughly two hours.) So I am in no way the right person to discuss this book, I can merely describe it, … Fortsätt läsa

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Stanley Hauerwas: Naming the Silences. God, Mediciene, and the Problem of Suffering.

Note: Also published as God, Mediciene, and the Problem of Suffering. This book contains in essence Hauerwas very particular argument about medicine and medical ethics. It is a powerful book, it uses child leukemia at a time when it was … Fortsätt läsa

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Stanley Hauerwas: Prayers Plainly Spoken.

This small book is nothing like any other Hauerwas book. It consists of prayers Hauerwas has written to be prayed before class in his ethics course. Hauerwas tells the story in Hannah’s child: Sometimes Paula reminds me what I am … Fortsätt läsa

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Sallie McFague: A New Climate for Theology

This book is actually kind of sad. Not because of its topic of course, but because it is likely to be McFague’s last book, and its a terrible note to end on. It is really weak. McFague as published more … Fortsätt läsa

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William T. Cavanaugh: Migrations of the Holy.

Cavanaugh’s book Theopolitical Imagination is one of the books that (in spite of its small size) has had the most influence on me. He tends to repeat the central argument in that book – the construction of ”religion” as a … Fortsätt läsa

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Mark Thiessen Nation: John Howard Yoder: Mennonite Patience, Evangelical Witness, Catholic Convictions.

The problem with writing a book about a theologian, that isn’t a study of a very particular theme, is that one has to write something interesting enough to make the reader feel it is worth one’s while to read your … Fortsätt läsa

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Stanley Hauerwas: War and the American Difference. Theological Reflections on Violence and National Identity.

This, Hauerwas’s other 2011 book, is more tightly focused than Working with Words, which means that if you are interested in those questions, war and (american) nationalism, you’ll find this book important whereas if not, you won’t. I prefered Working … Fortsätt läsa

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