Nature and Spirit: Agency and Concupiscence in Hauerwas and Rahner

Stanley Hauerwas is representative of contemporary theologians in that he describes human personhood in terms of the realization of agency and spirituality. This essay argues that, despite Hauerwas's use of the concepts of character and narrative in order to affirm that human personhood has an...

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Main Author: Allik, Tiina K. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1987
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1987, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 14-32
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