The recent book by Nicholas Healy, Hauerwas. A (very) critical introduction , charges that the centrality given to ecclesiology by Hauerwas unbalances theology in general, especially undermining doctrines of God and salvation, and ends with a Christology based on human experience akin to the thought of Schleiermacher. Healy adds that, ironically, an ethic supposedly characterized by the formation of character through practices does not lead to sufficient attention to the empirical church. The article proceeds to review two recent volumes of essays by Hauerwas, which he intends to be retrospective on his life’s work, and explores the extent to which they might provide a riposte to Healy’s criticisms, focusing especially on the themes of ‘the logic of believing’, story, church as ‘contrast-community’, grace and salvation, and the incompleteness of theology. The article urges that a more trinitarian ecclesiology than either writer offers can preserve the best insights of both, affirming Healy’s recognition of the blurring of boundaries between church and world, and Hauerwas’ stresses on covenantal partnership between God and church and the indispensable identity of the church.

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尼古拉斯·希利 (Nicholas Healy) 的最新著作 Hauerwas。一个（非常）批判性的介绍，指控 Hauerwas 赋予教会学的中心地位总体上不平衡神学，特别是破坏了上帝和救赎的教义，并以类似于施莱尔马赫思想的基于人类经验的基督论结束。希利补充说，具有讽刺意味的是，一种被认为以通过实践形成品格为特征的伦理学并没有引起对经验教会的足够关注。文章接着回顾了豪尔瓦斯最近的两卷散文，他打算回顾他一生的工作，并探讨它们在多大程度上可以对希利的批评提供反击，特别关注“相信的逻辑”的主题。 '，故事，教会作为'对比社区'，恩典和救恩，以及神学的不完备性。这篇文章敦促比两位作者所提供的更三位一体的教会论可以保留两者的最佳见解，肯定了希利对教会与世界之间界限模糊的认识，以及豪尔瓦斯对上帝与教会之间的圣约伙伴关系以及不可或缺的身份认同的强调。教会。