Stackhouse Flashcards
For Hauerwas, the Christian’s commitment to Christ requires —————— especially when one is asked to exercise violent coercion in the government, police, or military.
some separation from society,
For Stackhouse, the Christian is ——- but the Christian brings a Christian perspective to our vocations and the issues facing society.
very much involved in society
Scriptural tensions between H and S
- “in the world, but not of the world.”
- “give unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s” 3.“submit to the governing authorities”
- “must obey God rather than human beings”
H. Richard Niebuhr offers five “types” for thinking about the relationship between Christ/church and culture:
(1) Christ of culture, (2) Christ against culture, (3) Christ above culture, (4) Christ and culture in paradox, and (5) Christ the transformer of culture.
HRN’s type ——- or “holy distinctiveness,” is represented by Hauerwas, but also John Howard Yoder
“Christ against culture”
HRN’s type ——- or “cultural transformation,” is represented by liberation theologians who seek more just political and economic structures in the world, as well as conservative Christians in the U.S. who want to “restore Christian America.”
“Christ the transformer of culture.”
Stackhouse offers an alternative position, which he calls ——– which in H. Richard Niebuhr’s terms is a blending of the —– and ——– positions.
1) “cultural persistence,”
2) Christ and culture in paradox” and “Christ transforming culture”
This position is a “realist” (verses “idealist”) one in that Stackhouse holds that the church will ——– and that Christian principles will ——
1) will never be a completely holy witness in the world (sin is in the church as well)
2) will never completely transform society
“creation commandments
be stewards
love God and others
“redemption commandments,”
love the church
spread the word
Stackhouse believes that the fundamental question we should ask is not “What would Jesus do?” (the “imitation of Christ” tradition), but rather ————
“Who are we, for Jesus Christ, today?”
One way to distinguish Hauerwas’s and Stackhouse’s positions is that Hauerwas puts more emphasis on the ——- and Stackhouse puts more emphasis on the ——
Hauerwas-“already,”
Stack-“not yet.”
For Stackhouse, since Christians are part of the world, and violence is sometimes necessary to resist sin and maintain social order, Christians ——-in these social mandates ———-
can participate
within certain moral limits.
For Hauerwas, violence is sometimes necessary, and limiting sin through violent coercion is part of the social mandate of the kingdoms of this world. Christians, —————. The church is a peaceable kingdom—a light shinning in a violent world.
however, are not to participate in violence.
For Stackhouse, the Christian is ——–, and the Christian brings a Christian perspective to the issues society faces.
very much involved in society within certain moral limits,
