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Working with Words: On Learning to Speak Christian
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Working with Words: On Learning to Speak Christian Paperback - 2011

by Hauerwas, Stanley

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  • Title Working with Words: On Learning to Speak Christian
  • Author Hauerwas, Stanley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 340
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cascade Books
  • Date 2011-02-16
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ING9781608999682
  • ISBN 9781608999682 / 1608999688
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.8 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Philosophical theology, Theology, Doctrinal
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011281364
  • Dewey Decimal Code 230

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From the publisher

The crucial challenge for theology is that when it is read the reader thinks, "This is true." Recognizing claims that are "true" enables readers to identify an honest expression of life's complexities. The trick is to show that theological claims--the words that must be used to speak of God--are necessary if the theologian is to speak honestly of the complexities of life. The worst betrayal of the task of theology comes when the theologian fears that the words he or she must use are not necessary. This new collection of essays, lectures, and sermons by Stanley Hauerwas is focused on the central challenge, risk, and difficulty of this necessity--working with words about God. The task of theology is to help us do things with words. "God" is not a word peculiar to theology, but if "God" is a word to be properly used by Christians, the word must be disciplined by Christian practice. It should, therefore, not be surprising that, like any word, we must learn how to say "God."

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Citations

  • Christian Century, 07/26/2011, Page 36

About the author

Stanley Hauerwas is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School. Publishers Weekly named his memoir, Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir, one of the Best Religion Titles of 2010.

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