My mother desperately wanted children. She had a child that was stillborn - something I learned when I was looking through her 'effects' after she had died. It was then that I discovered my original birth certificate, which indicated the previous birth. Stanley Hauerwas birthcertificatechild share on social
I want to challenge the presumption that the world cannot know it is the world unless there is an alternative to the world. Stanley Hauerwas alternativechallengepresumption Change image and share on social
The very fact that we find it hard to conceive of an alternative to limitless economic growth is an indication of our spiritual condition. Stanley Hauerwas alternativeconceivecondition Change image and share on social
I must begin by telling you that I do not like to preach on Reformation Sunday. Actually, I have to put it more strongly than that. I do not like Reformation Sunday, period. Stanley Hauerwas beginperiodpreach Change image and share on social
Ask yourself: if that is what Jesus is all about - that is, getting us to love one another - then why did everyone reject him? Stanley Hauerwas jesuslovereject Change image and share on social
The problem with the U.S. foreign policy is that we're just so unbelievably powerful. And when you've got that kind of power, it's very hard not to use it. Stanley Hauerwas foreignhardhave Change image and share on social
Reformation names the disunity in which we currently stand. We who remain in the Protestant tradition want to say that Reformation was a success. Stanley Hauerwas disunitynameprotestant Change image and share on social
To be poor does not mean you lack the means to extend charity to another. You may lack money or food, but you have the gift of friendship to overwhelm the loneliness that grips the lives of so many. Stanley Hauerwas charityextendfood Change image and share on social
There's an inclination to get on the inside of Jesus' psyche, and I think that's a deep mistake because it assumes that what you have here is someone analogous to us. Stanley Hauerwas analogousassumedeep Change image and share on social
I am not sure I can make clear what it means to say I come from the Catholic side of Protestantism, but at the very least, it means that I do not think Christianity began with the Reformation. Stanley Hauerwas begincatholicchristianity Change image and share on social
