222912 SE Seminar for Doctoral Students: Stanley Hauerwas' Theological Ethics

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Department of Systematic Theology Department of Systematic Theology
Univ.-Prof. i. R. Mag. Dr. Wolfgang Palaver Univ.-Prof. i. R. Mag. Dr. Wolfgang Palaver
222912
SE Seminar for Doctoral Students: Stanley Hauerwas' Theological Ethics
SE 2
4
Block
annually
English

Familiarity with Stanley Hauerwas's social ethics.

The American ethicist Stanley Hauerwas is one of the leading theologians in the United States. In 2001 “Time Magazine” named him “America's Best Theologian”. Coming from a Methodist background he later became an Episcopalian. He also has been in close contact with Catholic Theology due to his time at Notre Dame University from 1970 to 1983. He is especially well-known for his biblically based Christian ethics, for his theological approach on politics, his pacifism and for his emphasis on the importance of the church. In this seminar we will discuss key issues of Hauerwas’ theological ethics. 

Text reading and discussion.

Active participation in the class and seminar paper.

S. Hauerwas: Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir. Grand Rapids 2010.
——: In Good Company: The Church as Polis. Notre Dame 1995.
——: The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer in Christian Ethics. Notre Dame1983.
——: A Community of Character: Towards a Constructive Christian Social Ethics. Notre Dame 1981.
——: War and the American Difference: Theological Reflections on Violence and National Identity. Grand Rapids 2011.
——: The Hauerwas Reader. Durham 2002.

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Course will be held in English.

https://lms.uibk.ac.at/url/RepositoryEntry/4466606809
08.03.2019
Vorbesprechung und Terminvereinbarung: 8. 3. 2019, HB Moraltheologie, 2. Stock