To be a Christian means you become a part of the most significant story the world has ever heard. You don't become part of that without an ongoing questioning of what it means to become part of that. Stanley Hauerwas christianhearmean Change image and share on social
From my perspective, 'postmodernism' merely names an interesting set of developments in the social order that is based on the presumption that God does not matter. Stanley Hauerwas basedevelopmentgod Change image and share on social
In the Crusades, getting the Holy Land back was the goal, and any means could be used to achieve it. World War II was a crusade. The firebombing of Tokyo by Doolittle and the carpet bombing in Germany, especially by the British, showed that. Stanley Hauerwas achievebackbomb share on social
The god most Americans say they believe in is just not interesting enough to deny. Thus the only kind of atheism that counts in America is to call into question the proposition that everyone has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Stanley Hauerwas americaamericanatheism share on social
There is nothing wrong with making money, but it was just not in my family's habits to know how to do that. All we knew how to do was work, and we usually liked the work we did. Stanley Hauerwas familyhabitknow Change image and share on social
Civil religion is the attempt to empower religion, not for the good of religion, but for the creation of the citizen. Stanley Hauerwas attemptcitizencivil Change image and share on social
I think it is a mistake to focus - as we most often do - only on the sacrifice of life that war requires. War also requires that we sacrifice our normal unwillingness to kill. Stanley Hauerwas focuskilllife Change image and share on social
God is whoever raised Jesus from the dead, having before raised Israel from Egypt. There is no God but this God. Stanley Hauerwas deadegyptgod Change image and share on social
I am a Congregationalist with Catholic sensibilities. Which probably explains how I ended up in a Episcopal church. Stanley Hauerwas catholicchurchcongregationalist Change image and share on social
