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Christians among the Virtues: Theological Conversations with Ancient and Modern Ethics Paperback – Download: Adobe Reader, February 6, 1997
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Christians among the Virtues investigates the distinctiveness of virtues as illuminated by Christian practice, using a discussion of Aristotle’s ethics together with the work of significant contemporary scholars such as Alasdair MacIntyre and Martha Nussbaum. Hauerwas and Pinches converse with, learn from, and also critically engage powerful and explicitly non-Christian accounts of virtues, and then form a specifically Christian account of certain key virtues, including obedience, hope, courage, and patience. This book will deepen the current public debate about virtue by showing how different traditions and practices yield distinctive understandings of the virtues, and by articulating the particularity of virtues informed by Christian practice.
Hauerwas and Pinches begin with a discussion of Aristotle’s account of happiness, virtue, and friendship, and explore how the temporal character of life threatens the possibility of being virtuous. The authors then contrast this idea with the Christian recognition of our temporal limitations as a call to virtue, rather than a threat. In the second section, the authors address a work by John Casey which attempts to present an account of the virtues purged of their Christian heritage. This analysis, as well as the critical readings of MacIntyre and Nussbaum, will be of particular interest to philosophers and theologians alike.
The authors bring a theological voice to the popular and philosophical debates about virtue. While the work encourages Christians to think about what is unique to Christian virtue, its specificity does not limit its applicability but opens up and deepens the debate over the particular interpretations of virtues: calling on others to present more specific articulations of what it means to be courageous, obedient, hopeful, and patient, and to contrast those accounts with the Christian interpretations presented by the authors. In this respect, Christians among the Virtues is the first work in what could be called the “second stage” of the recovery of the virtues―the work of understanding the difference among interpretations of the virtues in the light of different practices and traditions.
- Print length248 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity of Notre Dame Press
- Publication dateFebruary 6, 1997
- Dimensions9 x 6.08 x 0.68 inches
- ISBN-100268008191
- ISBN-13978-0268008192
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“[T]his is perhaps Hauerwas’s most successful exposition of the assertion that, in the Church, everything is political, but politics is not everything. Friendship is the heart of the book, but, in contrast to Nussbaum, Hauerwas and Pinches display friendship as a profoundly political practice. This is a book for those who sense the sadness of life yet have been offered a particular friendship.” ―Studies in Christian Ethics
“We need more books lie this: Pugnacious and articulate, it knows its own positions and is not afraid to state them. It likes a good fight; indeed the book is structured as a series of disputatious conversations. And it picks its fights well: Each interlocutor merits the attention it receives.” ―Anglican Theological Review
". . . this is an important book from which both philosophers and theologians should engage in a conversation. The nearly 40 pages of footnotes are a veritable gold mine. This book should be read and discussed by philosophers and theologians working through the issues of virtue ethics and religious thought. It should serve as a means of continuing this important conversation." ―International Philosophical Quarterly
“A valuable contribution, recommended for a wide range of scholars, teachers, and students of Christian theology and ethics.” ―Ethics
“An excellent introduction to Aristotle’s ethics for any interested reader ... there is much in the book to interest moral philosophers as well as theologians.” ―Philosophy in Review
“Consistently provocative and rich with insight, Christians Among the Virtues deserves a wide audience. Philosophers as well as theologians will find much in it to stimulate their thinking and challenge their convictions.” ―First Things
“An important contribution to an analysis of the place of the virtues in Christian ethics . . . Highly recommended.” ―Choice
“This is a must read for those interested in Hauerwas’ work and/or in the Christian appropriation of Aristotelian virtue ethics.” ―Theological Studies
About the Author
Stanley Hauerwas is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at the Divinity School of Duke University. He is the author of many books, including Suffering Presence (University of Notre Dame Press, 1986), Vision and Virtue (University of Notre Dame Press, 1981), and is co-author of Christians Among the Virtues (University of Notre Dame Press, 1997). His book A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic (University of Notre Dame Press, 1981), was selected by Christianity Today as one of the 100 most important books on religion of the twentieth century.
Charles Pinches is professor of theology and religious studies at the University of Scranton in Scranton, PA. He has published numerous articles in scholarly journals and is the author of several books, including A Gathering of Memories.
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- Publisher : University of Notre Dame Press; First Edition (February 6, 1997)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 248 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0268008191
- ISBN-13 : 978-0268008192
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- Dimensions : 9 x 6.08 x 0.68 inches
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Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law at the Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He has written a voluminous number of articles, authored and edited many books, and has been the subject of other theologians' writing and interest. He has been a board member of the Society of Christian Ethics, Associate Editor of a number of Christian journals and periodicals, and a frequent lecturer at campuses across the country.
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As the title implies, it is a theological reflection upon ancient ethics (primarily Aristotle, the originator of ethics), and as well as modern ethics (modern writers including Alasdair MacIntyre, Martha Nussbaum, William Bennett, William Frankena, Pincoff, Bernard Williams, John Casey, and quite a few others, and perhaps not so modern writers, as Thomas Aquinas and others are also included in the discussion). This is primarily a book, as the writers declare, on "virtue ethics" (p. ix)
In general, every chapter starts off with some background (dialogue) with perhaps even a non-Christian or secular writer, and ends with thoughts and formulations leading to a conclusion about what it means to be a Christian, and the virtue(s) necessary.
This book is divided into three sections: Part 1: Theological Reflections on Aristotelian Themes, with 3 chapters (chapter 1 on Being Temporarally Happy: the definition of happiness, through rationality and ethics, chapter 2 on the virtues of happiness: that happiness requires virtues, morals, doing and being, chapter 3 on friendship, community, agape and philo love, and the necessity of friendship for virtue).
Part 2: Responses to Contemporary Revivals of Virtue (chapter 4 on the Renewal of Virtue and the Peace of Christ: other secular writers who have discussed the significance of virtue, obligation, which virtues, chapter 5 on the Fragility of Friendship: discussing human fragility, politics, friendship, and chapter 6 on Pagan Virtue and Christian Prudence: on various virtues, including anger, pride, courage, justice, and friendship, and then Christian prudence and forgiveness).
Part 3: Christian Virtues Exemplified (chapter 7 on developing hopeful virtues, from a Christian perspective, such as endurance, character, and hope; chapter 8 on obedience; chapter 9 on courage, and chapter 10 on patience).
I found this to be a particularly interesting book, as the authors are trying to describe abstract principles "virtues", as opposed to concrete examples or applications of how these would manifest. Well-grounded in Christian theology (specifically Evangelical Christian theology), they work with a number of Christians writers and theologians throughout the ages who have put quotes particularly well (John Chrysostom, Aquinas, St. Francis of Assisi, Hildegard of Bingen, and others are quoted). It is from a solid theological background and (surprisingly) good exegesis that these virtues are expounded. (For instance, it is from justification by faith in Romans 5:1-2 that the virtues of endurance, courage, and hope come, which is exactly what the following text in Romans 5:3-4 says.) This text does a really good job of integrating Christian doctrines too. As well, some practicals are discussed (e.g., forgiveness, suffering, development of virtues in a community, specifically for Christians, in the community of faith, the Church).
I also found this to be a very logically and rationally written book (not surprisingly), and the flow of thought and arguments followed extremely fluidly. Highly recommended for all Christians!