Time and History in Theological Ethics: The Work of James Gustafson

This essay traces Gustafson's understanding of the methodological significance of history and time for theological ethics. I argue that Gustafson qualifies his original thoroughgoing historicist perspective in the interest of developing a natural theology and ethics. His continuing emphasis on...

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1. VerfasserIn: Hauerwas, Stanley 1940- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell 1985
In: Journal of religious ethics
Jahr: 1985, Band: 13, Heft: 1, Seiten: 3-21
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Zusammenfassung:This essay traces Gustafson's understanding of the methodological significance of history and time for theological ethics. I argue that Gustafson qualifies his original thoroughgoing historicist perspective in the interest of developing a natural theology and ethics. His continuing emphasis on a historical perspective, I suggest, is best understood by attending to his recommendation that the theologian's task is best captured by the image of the "participant."
ISSN:1467-9795
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics