ABSTRACT
It is significant that Alasdair MacIntyre, Stanley Hauerwas and Brad Kallenberg all write from within the Christian tradition. While all three have philosophical concerns, they all presuppose the truthfulness of the Christian faith and way of life. Due to their strong particularity and nominalism, this chapter examines 'the' Christian way of life as a case study of the application of their linguistic method. Until somewhat recently, Christians could presuppose a fairly widespread knowledge of the gospel by people, even if their understanding was imperfect. Different religious groups have their own conceptions of God. Muslims, however, conceive of God as Allah, who is different from the God whom Christians worship. Furthermore, even amongst Christians, different ones stress different qualities of the Christian God and use their language accordingly. The chapter examines the implications of the method for salvation, justification and sanctification, and explores other problematic aspects of the method, besides the view that language and world are internally related.
