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S'està carregant… Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony (edició 1989)de Stanley Hauerwas (Autor)
Informació de l'obraResident Aliens de Stanley Hauerwas
   Cap No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.  nrt43 | Dec 29, 2020 |   It's unfortunate that the arbitrary assumptions Hauerwas and Willimon make about secular Western culture are based such a weak interpretation of our context. They are right about the changing role of the church through the last century and the need for the church to present a real politic for our culture. But instead of theological or scriptural roots for that polis, and while ignoring the Christian development of ideas they don't like, they allow their antipathy for liberal democracy and capitalism to suffice in its stead, meaning they rather unquestioningly do little more than repeat the tired old secular leftist complaints about Western culture which have drifted about for two centuries. For example, their articulation of individualism in the West presents a mere caricature of the philosophical and historical reality of the nuanced ideas in question: ideas clearly rooted in Christian faith and history; ideas which have lead to relative relief from poverty, tyranny and war in the West. Their call for church and clergy to regain their rightful task in truth telling, in a similar fashion, sounds so noble and invigorating until one discovers that the political truth they expect to be told is just nonsense. Christian communities are indeed aliens in the West, but not for the reasons Hauerwas and Willimon would like us to believe. (  ) PastorBob | May 19, 2016 | The book discusses how you don't teach language by teaching the rules first. You teach language by example. So why does the church want to teach people how to be Christians by teaching them the rules first. This book also had great examples of what true Christian community should look like. Are we serving each other and looking to build each other up, or are we satisfying our own needs and using the community. (  ) JWarrenBenton | Jan 4, 2016 | The book discusses how you don't teach language by teaching the rules first. You teach language by example. So why does the church want to teach people how to be Christians by teaching them the rules first. This book also had great examples of what true Christian community should look like. Are we serving each other and looking to build each other up, or are we satisfying our own needs and using the community. ( ) JWarrenBenton | Jan 4, 2016 | The authors say things like, "God demands that we sacrifice the lives of our children and those we love to our interpretation of His will!", "Democracy and individual rights are idols!" "Biblical authority is more important than compassion or kindness!" I don't buy any of that and I won't endorse it. ( ) wishanem | Jan 27, 2015 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Only when the Church enacts its scandalous Jesus-centered tradition will it truly be the body of Christ and transform the world. Twenty-five years after its first appearance, Resident Aliens remains a prophetic vision of how the Church can regain its vitality, battle its malaise, reclaim its capacity to nourish souls, and stand firmly against the illusions, pretensions, and eroding values of today's world. Resident Aliens discusses the nature of the church and its relationship to surrounding culture. It argues that churches should focus on developing Christian life and community rather than attempting to reform secular culture. Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon reject the idea that America is a Christian nation; instead, Christians should see themselves as "resident aliens" in a foreign land. According to Hauerwas and Willimon, the role of Christians is not to transform government but to live lives that model the love of Christ. Rather than try to convince others to change their ethics, Christians should model a new set of ethics that are grounded in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)261.1Religions Christian church and church work Church and the world; Social theology and interreligious relations and attitudes The Church in Society and the WorldLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (3.85)
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"The challenge facing today's Christian is... to form a community, a colony of resident aliens" that knows and embodies the love of our trinitarian God (171). "The biggest problem facing Christian theology is not translation but enactment. (172)" In short, they argue that the church embodies more of the values of contemporary culture than the values of Jesus and God's kingdom. We must form counter-cultural alien colonies wherever the church is located. (