Witnessing Whiteness in the Ethics of Hauerwas
Despite constituting one of the most pressing ethical issues of our time, most white Christian ethicists and theologians fail to engage the issue of white supremacy in their work. As one of the most influential and prolific Christian ethicists of the past half-century, Stanley Hauerwas represents th...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Journal of religious ethics
Année: 2019, Volume: 47, Numéro: 1, Pages: 95-124 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Hauerwas, Stanley 1940-
/ Weißsein
/ Suprématisme
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion CH Christianisme et société NCA Éthique NCC Éthique sociale VA Philosophie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Tradition
B White Supremacy B Hauerwas B Racism B Whiteness |
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| Résumé: | Despite constituting one of the most pressing ethical issues of our time, most white Christian ethicists and theologians fail to engage the issue of white supremacy in their work. As one of the most influential and prolific Christian ethicists of the past half-century, Stanley Hauerwas represents this tendency, and provides specific reasons for his silence. This essay analyzes those reasons, and argues that a commitment to Alasdair MacIntyre's understandings of tradition and narrative frames his view on race and prevents his engagement of racism. It then highlights the ways this reflects the broader trends of silence, abstraction, and colorblindness among white Christian ethicists when it comes to the issue. Identifying these failures, the essay concludes by suggesting that Hauerwas's first published essay in 1969, on Black Power, provides resources for theologically engaging the problems of white supremacy today. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jore.12251 |