Sanctify Them in the Truth
Hauerwas argues that the truth of the gospel cannot be discovered apart from its embodiment in specific communities of faith. The Christian life, he argues, is not about being in possession of "the truth," defined as a set of timeless and universal principles of belief and action. Rather, it is about learning and living the life of truthfulness toward God and one another.
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Stanley Hauerwas reminds us that for Christians there is no such thing as truth that is not embodied truth. The Christian life is not about being in possession of "the truth" defined as a set of timeless and universal principles of belief and action. Rather, it is about learning and living the life of truthfulness toward God and one another. In other words, sanctification and truth -- which stood together so naturally in Jesus' prayer in John 17 -- have come unglued in the modern world. Drawing on a wide variety of sources and insights, including his own background in the Wesleyan tradition, Hauerwas sketches a blueprint of how the contemporary church must rejoin the two if it is to remain faithful to its calling.
AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1Pt. IThe Task of Theological Ethics: Truthful Speech1On Doctrine and Ethics192The Truth about God: The Decalogue as Condition for Truthful Speech373'Salvation even in Sin': Learning to Speak Truthfully about Ourselves61Pt. IIThe Truth about Sanctification: Holiness Exemplified4The Sanctified Body: Why Perfection Does Not Require a 'Self'775Going Forward by Looking Back: Agency Reconsidered936Gay Friendship: A Thought Experiment in Catholic Moral Theology1057Characterizing Perfection: Second Thoughts on Character and Sanctification1238Timeful Friends: Living with the Handicapped1439In Defense of Cultural Christianity: Reflections on Going to Church157Pt. IIISpeaking Truthfully in, for, and against the World10The Non-Violent Terrorist: In Defense of Christian Fanaticism17711No Enemy, No Christianity: Preaching between 'Worlds'19112Christians in the Hands of Flaccid Secularists: Theology and 'Moral Inquiry' in the Modern University20113Christian Schooling or Making Students Dysfunctional21914For Dappled Things227Pt. IVSermonic Illustrations15Practice Preaching23516Reformation Is Sin24117The Cruelty of Peace24518Living on Dishonest Wealth24919God's Grandeur25320On Not Holding On or Witnessing the Resurrection259Index263
