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The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics Edited by Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells © 2004 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd except for editorial material and organization © 2004 by Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF, UK 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells to be identified as the Authors of the Editorial Material in this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published 2004 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Blackwell companion to Christian ethics / edited by Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells. p. cm. – (Blackwell companions to religion) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-631-23506-X (alk. paper) 1. Christian ethics. 2. Public worship – Moral and ethical aspects. I. Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940– II. Wells, Samuel. III. Series. BJ1251.B54 2004 241–dc22 2003015469 A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library. Set in 10 on 12.5 pt Photina by SNP Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall For further information on Blackwell Publishing, visit our website: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com Contents List of Contributors x Preface xiii Part I Studying Ethics through Worship 1 1 Christian Ethics as Informed Prayer Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 3 2 The Gift of the Church and the Gifts God Gives It Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 13 3 Why Christian Ethics Was Invented Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 28 4 How the Church Managed Before There Was Ethics Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells 39 Part II Meeting God and One Another 51 5 Gathering: Worship, Imagination, and Formation Philip Kenneson 53 6 Greeting: Beyond Racial Reconciliation Emmanuel Katongole 68 7 Naming the Risen Lord: Embodied Discipleship and Masculinity Amy Laura Hall 82 8 Being Reconciled: Penitence, Punishment, and Worship John Berkman 95 viii contents 9 Praising in Song: Beauty and the Arts Kevin J. Vanhoozer 110 10 Collecting Praise: Global Culture Industries Michael L. Budde 123 Part III Re-encountering the Story 139 11 Reading the Scriptures: Rehearsing Identity, Practicing Character Jim Fodor 141 12 Listening: Authority and Obedience Scott Bader-Saye 156 13 Proclaiming: Naming and Describing Charles Pinches 169 14 Deliberating: Justice and Liberation Daniel M. Bell, Jr 182 15 Discerning: Politics and Reconciliation William T. Cavanaugh 196 16 Confessing the Faith: Reasoning in Tradition Nicholas Adams 209 Part IV Being Embodied 223 17 Praying: Poverty Kelly S. Johnson 225 18 Interceding: Giving Grief to Management Michael Hanby 237 19 Being Baptized: Bodies and Abortion Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt 250 20 Becoming One Body: Health Care and Cloning M. Therese Lysaught 263 21 Becoming One Flesh: Marriage, Remarriage, and Sex David Matzko McCarthy 276 22 Sharing Peace: Discipline and Trust Paul J. Wadell 289 Part V Re-enacting the Story 303 23 Offering: Treasuring the Creation Ben Quash 305 24 Participating: Working toward Worship R. R. Reno 319 contents ix 25 Remembering: Offering our Gifts D. Stephen Long and Tripp York 332 26 Invoking: Globalization and Power Timothy Jarvis Gorringe 346 27 Breaking Bread: Peace and War Gerald W. Schlabach 360 28 Receiving Communion: Euthanasia, Suicide, and Letting Die Carole Bailey Stoneking 375 29 Sharing Communion: Hunger, Food, and Genetically Modified Foods Robert Song 388 30 Eating Together: Friendship and Homosexuality Joel James Shuman 401 31 Being Silent: Time in the Spirit Michael S. Northcott 414 32 Being Thankful: Parenting the Mentally Disabled Hans S. Reinders 427 33 Washing Feet: Preparation for Service Mark Thiessen Nation 441 Part VI Being Commissioned 453 34 Being Blessed: Wealth, Property, and Theft Stephen Fowl 455 35 Bearing Fruit: Conception, Children, and the Family Joseph L. Mangina 468 36 Being Sent: Witness Michael G. Cartwright 481 Afterword Rowan Williams 495 Index 499 List of Contributors Nicholas Adams is Lecturer in Theology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. Scott Bader-Saye is Associate Professor of Theology, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt is Associate Professor of Theology, Loyola College of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland. Daniel M. Bell, Jr is Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina. John Berkman is Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Michael L. Budde is Professor of Political Science, De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois. Michael G. Cartwright is Professor of Theology, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana. William T. Cavanaugh is Associate Professor of Theology, University of Saint Thomas, St Paul, Minnesota. Jim Fodor is Associate Professor of Theology, Saint Bonaventure College, Saint Bonaventure, New York. Stephen Fowl is Professor of New Testament, Loyola College of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland. Timothy Jarvis Gorringe is Professor of Theology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. Amy Laura Hall is Assistant Professor of Theology, the Divinity School, Duke Univer- sity, Durham, North Carolina. list of contributors xi Michael Hanby is Assistant Professor of Theology, Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stanley Hauerwas is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, the Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Kelly S. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Theology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. Emmanuel Katongole is Professor of Theology and Ethics, University of the Martyrs, Uganda, and the Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Philip Kenneson is Professor of Theology, Milligan College, Johnston City, Tennessee. D. Stephen Long is Professor of Theology, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois. M. Therese Lysaught is Associate Professor of Theology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. David Matzko McCarthy is Professor of Theology, St Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Maryland. Joseph L. Mangina is Professor of Theology, Wycliffe Seminary, Toronto, Canada. Mark Thiessen Nation is Professor of Theology, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Michael S. Northcott is Reader in Christian Ethics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. Charles Pinches is Professor of Theology, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Ben Quash is Dean of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Hans S. Reinders is Willem van der Bergh Chair of Theology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. R. R. Reno is Associate Professor of Theology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. Gerald W. Schlabach is Associate Professor of Theology, University of Saint Thomas, St Paul, Minnesota. Joel James Shuman is Assistant Professor of Theology, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Robert Song is Lecturer in Christian Ethics, University of Durham, Durham, UK. Carole Bailey Stoneking is Professor of Theology, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina. Kevin J. Vanhoozer is Professor of Theology, Trinity Evangelical School of Theology, Chicago, Illinois. xii list of contributors Paul J. Wadell is Professor of Theology, St Norbert’s College, De Pere, Wisconsin. Samuel Wells is Priest-in-Charge of St Mark’s, Newnham, Cambridge, UK. Rowan Williams is Archbishop of Canterbury. Tripp York is a PhD student at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois. Preface We hope that, years from now, this book will be seen as a milestone for Christians. That is a high ambition, but one we risk. We do so because we are convinced that this book represents a new turn not only for Christian ethics, but also for the way Christians learn to live in that time often identified as “late modernity.” Of course, this book would not have been possible if the decisive turn we believe this Blackwell Companion represents had not already happened. The evidence that such an event has and is taking place is that authors existed to write the essays that form the chapters of this book. We are in their debt because, without their courage to think against the grain of their times, and with the grain of the Eucharist, this volume could not exist. For a long time, people have been goading Hauerwas to write the definitive “big book,” but he has resisted because he has always seen such a book as stifling rather than provoking the kinds of conversation his work has sought to make possible. Finally here, after all, is Hauerwas’s “big book,” but his friends have written it for him. It is not a monologue; it is a book begun, continued, and ended in conversation. This is the way it should be. We are in debt to all those who have written the essays for this Companion. We suspect that seldom have authors taken their responsibilities (and their deadlines) so seriously. We owe a great debt to our editor, Rebecca Harkin, who invited us to imagine this book, and gave us permission and encouragement to be different. Perhaps our largest debt is owed to Jana Bennett,