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
I was named Stanley because the week before I was born, my mother and father saw a movie - 'Stanley and Livingstone.' Stanley Hauerwas bearfatherlivingstone Change image and share on social
America is the first great experiment in Protestant social formation. Protestantism in Europe always assumed and depended on the cultural habits that had been created by Catholic Christianity. Stanley Hauerwas americaassumecatholic Change image and share on social
I confess I take perverse delight as a theologian in the controversies surrounding postmodernism. Stanley Hauerwas confesscontroversydelight Change image and share on social
