Approaching the end : eschatological reflections on church, politics, and life / Stanley Hauerwas.
2013
236 H368a 2013
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Title
Approaching the end : eschatological reflections on church, politics, and life / Stanley Hauerwas.
Author
ISBN
9780802869593 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0802869599 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0802869599 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 251 pages ; 23 cm
Call Number
236 H368a 2013
System Control No.
(OCoLC)833047142
(OCoLC)833047142
(OCoLC)833047142
Summary
In this book Stanley Hauerwas explores the significance of eschatological reflection for helping the church negotiate the contemporary world. In Part One, "Theological Matters," Hauerwas directly addresses his understanding of the eschatological character of the Christian faith. In Part Two, "Church and Politics," he deals with the political reality of the church in light of the end, addressing such issues as the divided character of the church, the imperative of Christian unity, and the necessary practice of sacrifice. End, for Hauerwas, has a double meaning -- both chronological end and end in the sense of "aim" or "goal." In Part Three, "Life and Death," Hauerwas moves from theology and the church as a whole to focusing on how individual Christians should live in light of eschatology. What does an eschatological approach to life tell us about how to understand suffering, how to form habits of virtue, and how to die? -- Publisher
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Part I. Theological Matters :
The end is in the beginning : creation and apocalyptic
The end of sacrifice : an apocalyptic politics
Witness (with Charles Pinches)
Part II. Church and Politics :
Church matters : on faith and politics
The end of Protestantism
Which church? What unity? or, An attempt to say what I may think about the future of Christian unity
War and peace
Part III. Life and Death :
Bearing reality
Habit matters : the bodily character of virtues
Suffering presence : twenty-five years later
Cloning the human body (with Joel Shuman)
Doing nothing gallantly (with Gerald McKenny)
Disability : an attempt to think with
The end is in the beginning : creation and apocalyptic
The end of sacrifice : an apocalyptic politics
Witness (with Charles Pinches)
Part II. Church and Politics :
Church matters : on faith and politics
The end of Protestantism
Which church? What unity? or, An attempt to say what I may think about the future of Christian unity
War and peace
Part III. Life and Death :
Bearing reality
Habit matters : the bodily character of virtues
Suffering presence : twenty-five years later
Cloning the human body (with Joel Shuman)
Doing nothing gallantly (with Gerald McKenny)
Disability : an attempt to think with
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