Performing the faith : Bonhoeffer and the practice of nonviolence / Stanley Hauerwas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.

Church and state--Germany--History--20th century.

Church and state.

Germany.

History.

Physical Description:

252 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, 2004.

Summary:

September 11, Afghanistan, Iraq--more than ever, this is a time for the church to be taking up the question of what, as Christians, our response to violence should be. In Performing the Faith, Stanley Hauerwas revisits the familiar territory of political nonviolence through discussion of the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer--Christian ethicit, theologian, and by some definitions, martyr. This book is an intriguing commentary on Bonhoeffer's bold claim that if our common life rests on lies and injustice, we cannot be a community of peace. Pastors, seminarians, and those interested in Christian ethics are among the many who will be interested in this new word from an unwavering, faithful voice.

Contents:

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's political theology

Dietrich Bonhoeffer on truth and politics

Performing faith: the peaceable rhetoric of God's church (with James Fodor)

Connections created and contingent: Aquinas, Preller, Wittgenstein, and Hopkins

The narrative turn: thirty years later

Suffering beauty: the liturgical formation of Christ's body

Explaining Christian nonviolence: notes for a conversation with John Milbank and John Howard Yoder

Punishing Christians

September 11, 2001: a pacifist response

September 11, 2001: a sermon a year later.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1587430762

OCLC:

53131463