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
Christians need jobs just like anybody else, but the years you spend as an undergraduate are like everything else in your life. They're not yours to do with as you please. They're Christ's. Stanley Hauerwas christchristianjob Change image and share on social
I'm a happy and productive person. I'm very fortunate; I was born with happy genes. I've got a lot of energy. Stanley Hauerwas bearenergyfortunate Change image and share on social
It turns out that the God whose word will stand forever does not exist to insure our fantasies that we will not have to die as individuals or as a species. Such a God, moreover, does not invite us to presume we can comprehend God's creation. Stanley Hauerwas comprehendcreationdie share on social
Jesus is the politics of the new age; He is about the establishment of a kingdom; He is the one who has created a new time that gives us the time not only to care for the poor but to be poor. Jesus is the one who makes it possible to be nonviolent in a violent world. Stanley Hauerwas agecarecreate share on social
I teach in the Divinity School at Duke University, a very secular university. But before Duke, I taught fourteen years at the University of Notre Dame. Stanley Hauerwas damedivinityduke Change image and share on social
Let us wait in patience for the Christ-child whose own life depended on the lives of Mary and Joseph. The Word of God was made flesh. He came so that we might experience the fullness of time. Stanley Hauerwas childchristdepend Change image and share on social
Our sin is exactly the presumption that we can know God or ourselves through our own capacities. Stanley Hauerwas capacitygodpresumption Change image and share on social
The 'Cold War' impinged on the daily lives of Americans. The wars after 11 September 2001 have been fought without the general American population having to make any sacrifices. It goes on, and so do we. Stanley Hauerwas americancolddaily share on social
Though claiming to represent a conservative form of Christianity, the Religious Right is politically a form of Protestant liberalism. Stanley Hauerwas christianityclaimconservative Change image and share on social
