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Journal for Christian Theological Research

Abstract

This critical response to Stanley Hauerwas' work, especially as found in his recent book, In Good Company, raises questions about the nature and character of Christian Ethics. For instance, it doubts that a tradition so closely linked with Israel as Christianity must be, can so easily dismiss principles of right and wrong (cf. the Torah). Furthermore, one must question whether we should be so confident of the human capacity to cultivate virtues by habituation to overcome evil, or so doubtful of the capacities for humans to carry on commensurable discourse about serious matters between contexts. Still, there are areas of agreement, especially a very large agreement about the prospect for critic and target to take communion together, and the importance for Protestants to engage such Catholic teachings as John Paul II's Centessimus Annus in our time.

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