1st Edition
The Ecclesiology of Stanley Hauerwas A Christian Theology of Liberation
By John B. Thomson
Copyright 2003
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
This book presents the theological work of Stanley Hauerwas as a distinctive kind of 'liberation theology'. John Thomson offers an original construal of this diffuse, controversial, yet highly significant modern theologian and ethicist. Organising Hauerwas' corpus in terms of the focal concept of liberation, Thomson shows that it possesses a greater degree of coherence than its usual expression in... Read more
Contents: Preface; Delineating an architecture of Stanley Hauerwas's project: Recovering Christian liberty; Recovering ecclesial liberty; Hauerwas, liberalism and the Enlightenment project: Hauerwas and the Enlightenment project; Emancipation as the Enlightenment agenda; Liberation as the ecclesiology project rather than the Enlightenment project; Theological liberalism and the loss of Christian freedom: Theological liberalism; Liberation from liberalism?; Karl Barth and Yale; Theocentric liberalism or theology in a third way; Christian freedom as embodied narrative: Hauerwas and narrative; An emancipatory narrative? An ecclesiology of liberation: the politics of Christian freedom?: Theology, politics and liberation; Hauerwas's project: an ecclesial politics of liberation; Hauerwas's project: an adequate ecclesiology of liberation?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
The Revd Canon Dr John B. Thomson, Director of Ministry, Diocese of Sheffield, UK
'The strength of this book is that it systematically presents the work of an important theologian. In doing so, it situates him within a broader cultural and theological debate. For this reason, it will assist those who are trying to understand the relationship between the church and world today, and to articulate the mission of the church.' Theology Today
