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Hauerwas on Church and Jesus Narrative

  • The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
  • Abbr : 기사윤
  • 2011, (21), pp.7-30
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology

Moon, Si Young 1

1남서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper is an interpretation of Stanley Hauerwas’s ethics in Korean context. Hauerwas has earned the nickname, ‘ecclesial ethics’ for his ethics. Actually,Hauerwas set it up as an ethics for church or a church-dependent morality. Focusing on Jesus narrative and church, Hauerwas insists that the first task of church is to be itself. Now, Korean church faced to civil condemnations through mass-media. Some ethicists thinks that the target and method of church reformation must follow the civil criteria. But this paper insists that moral reformation of church must be pursued via gospel. In this context, this paper interprets Hauerwas’s point as being church via Jesus narrative. According to Hauerwas, Jesus narrative is the core value which must be embodied in church. In spite of criticism of ‘sectarian withdrawal’, the ecclesial ethics of Hauerwas gives very important insights for church in Korean context. For example, all the actions of church (sermon, activity, and morality, etc.) must enact according to Jesus narrative. And moral problems of church must be treated via evangelistic method. Now, Korea church must seek the sanctification according to Jesus narrative.

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