Beyond Universal Reason: The Relation between Religion and Ethics in the Work of Stanley Hauerwas

by Emmanuel M. Katongole

Book Overview

In The Peaceable Kingdom Stanley Hauerwas claims that "to begin by asking what is the relation between theology and ethics is to have already made a mistake." Hauerwas's claim, and his contribution toward a socially constituted and historically embodied account of the moral life and moral reason, are often charged with sectarianism, relativism, and tribalism. Emmanuel Katongole defends Hauerwas's dismissal of the traditional philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268021597
• ISBN13: 9780268021597
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"