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Bearing reality: A Christian meditation

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Hauerwas, S
Published in: Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
January 1, 2013

In this essay I draw on the work of novelist J. M. Coetzee and philosophers Cora Diamond, Stanley Cavell, and Stephen Mulhall to reflect on what it might mean to do Christian ethics without denying the "difficulty of reality." I then turn to John Howard Yoder's 1987 SCE presidential address to show how his call to see history doxologically enables the Christian to acknowledge the "difficulty of reality" without succumbing to despair. To acknowledge humanity's limitations without falling into despair or hopeless skepticism is only possible because the community founded on the crucified and risen Lord means we never bear reality alone.

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Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics

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1540-7942

Publication Date

January 1, 2013

Volume

33

Issue

1

Start / End Page

3 / 20

Related Subject Headings

  • 5004 Religious studies
  • 5001 Applied ethics
  • 2201 Applied Ethics
 

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Hauerwas, S. (2013). Bearing reality: A Christian meditation. Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, 33(1), 3–20. https://doi.org/10.1353/sce.2013.0017
Hauerwas, S. “Bearing reality: A Christian meditation.” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 33, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 3–20. https://doi.org/10.1353/sce.2013.0017.
Hauerwas S. Bearing reality: A Christian meditation. Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. 2013 Jan 1;33(1):3–20.
Hauerwas, S. “Bearing reality: A Christian meditation.” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, vol. 33, no. 1, Jan. 2013, pp. 3–20. Scopus, doi:10.1353/sce.2013.0017.
Hauerwas S. Bearing reality: A Christian meditation. Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. 2013 Jan 1;33(1):3–20.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics

DOI

ISSN

1540-7942

Publication Date

January 1, 2013

Volume

33

Issue

1

Start / End Page

3 / 20

Related Subject Headings

  • 5004 Religious studies
  • 5001 Applied ethics
  • 2201 Applied Ethics