| Beyond Universal Reason: The Relation between Religion and Ethics in the Work of Stanley Hauerwas Contributor(s): Katongole, Emmanuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0268021597 ISBN-13: 9780268021597 Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: The Relation between Religion and Ethics in the Work of Stanley Hauerwas |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics |
| Dewey: 241.040 |
| LCCN: 99-59787 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.07 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 "problem" of the relation between ethics and religion. It is, he argues, part of Hauerwas's wider attempt to set aside the dominant Kantian moral tradition. Standard fare in moral philosophy, inspired by that tradition, fosters a highly formal, ahistorical view of ethics that does not do justice to our experience of ourselves as moral agents. |
Contributor Bio(s): Katongole, Emmanuel M.: - Emmanuel M. Katongole is associate professor of theology and peace studies at the Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He is a Catholic priest of the Kampala Archdiocese, Uganda. |