
doi: 10.7832/45-3-166
In describing the nature of Christian ethics in America before some recent interventions, Stanley Hauerwas notes that the subject of Christian ethics in America was and is America rather than the Church. He finds this disturbing because it seems to marginalize distinctively Christian moral formation. This critique raises the question of the nature of Christian identity. What should Christian identity in America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, etc. be? This question becomes especially urgent with the rise of world Christianity which takes for granted the idea that Christians who live in different contexts perform the Christian faith differently because of said context. This paper argues that while the variety that exists in world Christianity is made necessary by the context in which world Christianity developed, when taken to extremes, it may, among other things, lead to ecclesial apartheid.
Ethics, Practical religion. The Christian life, postcolony, Christian identity, translation, Postcolony, World Christianity, BV4485-5099, Identity, world Christianity, racism
Ethics, Practical religion. The Christian life, postcolony, Christian identity, translation, Postcolony, World Christianity, BV4485-5099, Identity, world Christianity, racism
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