By CRYSTAL PLUM
Christian theologian and ethicist Stanley Hauerwas will speak on the theme of avarice at this year’s Interregnum, which will take place in April.
“He was our first choice, and he will be the most high-profile person to speak at a King’s Interregnum,” said Junior John Hundscheid, student Director of Interregnum.
Hauerwas is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at the Divinity School of Duke University and has previously taught at the University of Notre Dame. His career is dedicated to representing ideas of virtue and community. His published works include The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer in Christian Ethics and Against the Nations: War and Survival in a Liberal Society. In 2001, TIME magazine named him “America’s Best Theologian.”
Hauerwas has written extensively on the role of the Christian in society. He urges Christians to be set apart from secular society. He will also challenge the King’s community with his Methodist background and Anabaptist views in support of pacifism.
“Hauerwas is one of the foremost American theologians of our time,” says Professor Robert Jackson. “His scholarly depth and intellectual patrimony includes some of the greatest Protestant theologians of the 20th century.”
Jackson compares Hauerwas to Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Reinhold Niebuhr, and moral philosopher Alasdair Macintyre.
“He should be able to help us get our present-day coordinates in the theological world.”
Hauerwas requested course syllabi and reading lists to make his message more relevant to the students. He will add his own interpretation to the discussion on the great works. As an ethicist, Hauerwas is likely one of the most qualified persons to speak on the Interregnum theme of avarice.
