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Theologizing the State:

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LA113246

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Theologizing the State:

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What Hauerwas Could Have Learned From Yoder

First Statement of Responsibility

James King

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

This article compares John Howard Yoder's understanding of the state with that of his putative heir, Stanley Hauerwas. Special attention is given to Yoder's understanding of the state as a power, a perspective not taken up by Hauerwas. Eberhard Jüngel's critique of theologies that demonize the state is brought to bear on Hauerwas' phantasmal conception of the state. After a brief discussion of William Cavanaugh's similar impressions of the modern state, the article proposes a rapprochement with non-Christian thinkers in line with Hauerwas' recent moves toward 'radical democracy'. This article compares John Howard Yoder's understanding of the state with that of his putative heir, Stanley Hauerwas. Special attention is given to Yoder's understanding of the state as a power, a perspective not taken up by Hauerwas. Eberhard Jüngel's critique of theologies that demonize the state is brought to bear on Hauerwas' phantasmal conception of the state. After a brief discussion of William Cavanaugh's similar impressions of the modern state, the article proposes a rapprochement with non-Christian thinkers in line with Hauerwas' recent moves toward 'radical democracy'.

Date of Publication

2014

Physical description

313-329

Title

International Journal of Public Theology

Volume Number

8/3

International Standard Serial Number

1569-7320

Subject Term

John Howard Yoder

Subject Term

liberalism

Subject Term

powers and principalities

Subject Term

Stanley Hauerwas

Subject Term

state

James King

Call Number

10.1163/15697320-12341353

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[Article]

275578

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