Our hope in life beyond death is a hope made possible, not by some general sentimental belief in life after death, but by our participation in the life of Christ. Stanley Hauerwas beliefchristdeath Change image and share on social
I really have lived in books. Books are friends. They are some of the friends that make you who you are. Stanley Hauerwas bookfriendlive Change image and share on social
My mother had heard the story of Hannah and Samuel, so she prayed that if God would give her a son, she would give that son to God. That was a perfectly appropriate thing for her to do, but as I observe, she did not have to tell me she had made such a promise. In particular, she did not have to tell me when I was six. Stanley Hauerwas givegodhannah share on social
Liberal Christianity, of course, has enemies, but they are everyone's enemies - sexism, racism, homophobia. But liberal versions of Christianity, which can be both theologically and politically conservative, assume that what it means to be Christian qua Christian is to have no enemies peculiar to being Christian. Stanley Hauerwas assumechristianchristianity share on social
Americans assume that we never go to war to sustain our wealth, because war must be understood as a moral enterprise commensurate with our being a democracy. Stanley Hauerwas americanassumecommensurate Change image and share on social
To be a Christian is to be obligated to be charitable. This is true whether you are rich or poor, healthy or ill, old or young, male or female, oppressed or free, established or disestablished. Stanley Hauerwas charitablechristiandisestablish Change image and share on social
Theological writing is usually done in essays or books, but I hope to show that if we concentrate on sentences, we may well learn something we might otherwise miss. Stanley Hauerwas bookconcentrateessay Change image and share on social
We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created. Stanley Hauerwas complaincreateeconomic Change image and share on social
In Britain, when someone says they do not believe in God, they stop going to church. In the U.S., many who may have doubts about Christian orthodoxy may continue to go to church. They do so because they assume that a vague god vaguely prayed to is the god that is needed to support family and nation. Stanley Hauerwas assumebritainchristian share on social
I am just postmodern enough not to trust 'postmodern' as a description of our times, for it privileges the practices and intellectual formations of modernity. Calling this a postmodern age reproduces the modernist assumption that history must be policed by periods. Stanley Hauerwas ageassumptioncall share on social