Kategoriarkiv: Hauerwas

There is an reoccuring theme in the introductions in Hauerwas’s books, namely, ”Does the world need another book by Hauerwas?”. He has tried several different strategies to answer this question (in the affirmative), and usually he ends up arguing that … Fortsätt läsa →

This is the first book where all the central Hauerwasian themes are more or less in place. It is also the first book I would not hesitate to call a modern classic. In many ways it could be considered the … Fortsätt läsa →

This is a rather uneven collection, and its best parts can be found in the Reader. Those include ”On Keeping Theological Ethics Theological” which might well be one of the most important texts Hauerwas has written. Another interesting text here … Fortsätt läsa →

Hauerwas has not written a lot on sexual ethics, these texts would hardly make up a booklet if combined, yet he has quite a distinctive perspective. It is not without problems, though. There seems to be a basic tension between … Fortsätt läsa →

The subtitle really sums this book up well, this a book that takes on ”the outside” from a Church persepctive, at least in many of its articles. This means that there are several important texts here, such as the opening … Fortsätt läsa →

This book collects again 13 essays (and an important introduction), most of which deal with the theme Church. In Hannah’s Child (which is perhaps the most important source for Hauerwas’s ecclesiology) he writes: In Good Company was an attempt to … Fortsätt läsa →

This is a collection of texts that connect well around one theme, though one should be clear that this theme is not Bonhoeffer, but nonviolence. 9/11 raised the bets for pacifism in the US considerably and most of these essays … Fortsätt läsa →

This is a rather loosely themed collection that deals with a number of interesting questions, centering around the theme holiness. There are essays here on themes that later have become central to Hauerwas, such as the future of the university … Fortsätt läsa →