Kierkegaard after Hauerwas
With the “return of the virtues” in theology and church practice, Christians seek to develop dispositions that make moral excellence more likely. By contrast, the writings of Søren Kierkegaard, though retrieved by virtue ethicists, develop dispositions (anxiety, self-doubt, the real possibility of o...
| Published in: | Theology today |
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| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2007
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Theology today
Year: 2007, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 172-185 |
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| Summary: | With the “return of the virtues” in theology and church practice, Christians seek to develop dispositions that make moral excellence more likely. By contrast, the writings of Søren Kierkegaard, though retrieved by virtue ethicists, develop dispositions (anxiety, self-doubt, the real possibility of offense) that lead to self-conflict and make virtue more difficult. If Kierkegaard does develop virtue, he most closely resembles Stanley Hauerwas, who suggests that virtue makes conflict and moral failure increasingly possible. In this essay, I read Kierkegaard through Hauerwas in order to trace a peculiar version of Christian training and to question assumptions about the immediate benefit of religious formation. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057360706400204 |