The church is constituted as a new people who have been gathered from the nations to remind the world that we are in fact one people. Gathering, therefore, is an eschatological act as it is the foretaste of the unity of the communion of the saints.

Stanley Hauerwas (b. 1940), Theologe, Ethiker

Source: In Good Company

Topics: Church & Congregation, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, Peace & Rest

Occasions: For Reflection, The Church Year

Stanley Hauerwas

Stanley Hauerwas ist ein US-amerikanischer methodistischer Theologe und christlicher Ethiker, der vor allem als langjähriger Professor an der Duke University wirkte. Er steht für eine an Tugenden orientierte theologische Ethik, einen radikalen christlichen Pazifismus und das Verständnis der Kirche als prophetische Kontrastgesellschaft zur säkularen Kultur. Für Bibelleser verdeutlicht er den Anspruch einer kompromisslosen Nachfolge Christi, während er wegen seiner Schärfe gegen die liberale Gesellschaft und seines unkritischen Umgangs mit den Missbrauchstaten seines Mentors John Howard Yoder umstritten bleibt.

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