Hauerwas The State of the University

Academic Knowledges and the Knowledge of God
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8143-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Illuminations: Theory & Religion

In this book, controversial and world-renowned theologian, StanleyHauerwas, tackles the issue of theology being sidelined as anecessary discipline in the modern university. It is an attempt toreclaim the knowledge of God as just that - knowledge.
* * Questions why theology is no longer considered a necessarysubject in the modern university, and explores the role it shouldplay in the development of our "knowledge"
* Considers how theology is often excluded from the knowledges ofthe modern university because these are constituted by anunderstanding of time necessary to make economic and staterealities seem inevitable
* Argues that it is precisely this difference that makesChristian theology an essential resource for the university toachieve its task - that is, to form people who are able to imaginea different world through critical and disciplined reflection
* Challenges the domesticated character of much recent theologyby suggesting how prayer and the love of the poor are essentialpractices that should shape the theological task
* Converses with figures as diverse as Luigi Giussani, DavidBurrell, Stanley Fish, Wendell Berry, Jeff Stout, Rowan Williamsand Sheldon Wolin
* Published in the new and prestigious Illuminationsseries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hauerwas, Stanley

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Introduction.
1. Theological Knowledge and the Knowledges of the University:Beginning Explorations.
2. Leaving Ruins: The Gospel and Cultural Formations.
3. How Risky is The Risk of Education: Random Reflections fromthe American Context.
4. The End of "Religious Pluralism:" A Tribute to David Burrell,C.S.C.
5. The Pathos of the University: The Case of Stanley Fish.
6. What Would a Christian University Look Like?: Some TentativeAnswers Inspired by Wendell Berry.
7. Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana: Schooling the Heart in the Heart ofTexas.
8. Christians and the So-Called State (We Are In): A Meditationon Loyalty after September 11, 2001.
9. Democratic Time: Lessons Learned from Yoder and Wolin.
10. The State of the Secular: Theology, Prayer, and theUniversity.
11. To Love God, the Poor, and Learning: Lessons Learned fromSaint Gregory of Nazianzus.
12. Seminaries Are in Trouble: Chastened Reflections on theCentennial of Bethany Theological Seminary.
13. Ordinary Time: A Tribute to Rowan Williams.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stanley Hauerwas is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke University and holds a joint appointment in Duke Law School. He is known to be controversial and outspoken; his stand as a pacifist against the Iraq war made him a nationally recognized dissident but won him few friends. His work cuts across disciplinary lines: systematic theology, philosophical theology and ethics, political theory, as well as the philosophy of social science and medical ethics.