“Let Us Be Saints if We Can”
Stanley Hauerwas's Gifford Lectures are, at least in part, an interpretation of the Giffords that came before him. As a contribution to intellectual and theological history, however, I wish Hauerwas had given witness to Santayana's Hermes the hermeneut, along with the considerable, indeed...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2004
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2004, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 219-234 |
Further subjects: | B
Christian witness
B Supernaturalism B William James B Barth B Hauerwas B Reinhold Niebuhr |
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Summary: | Stanley Hauerwas's Gifford Lectures are, at least in part, an interpretation of the Giffords that came before him. As a contribution to intellectual and theological history, however, I wish Hauerwas had given witness to Santayana's Hermes the hermeneut, along with the considerable, indeed considerate, witness he does give to his own Christian faith. Hauerwas seems to dislike Reinhold Niebuhr and, by my account, misreads William James. Thus I have to conclude that With the Grain of the Universe does not measure up to his own more capacious and incisive works. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.0384-9694.2004.00161.x |