I am not sure how old I was when I began to worry about being saved, but it was sometime in my early teens. Stanley Hauerwas beginearlysave Change image and share on social
God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves. Stanley Hauerwas acknowledgeavoidcandour Change image and share on social
I have assumed my clear commitment to a Trinitarian orthodoxy was sufficient evidence that I have not intentionally ignored the role of the Holy Spirit. It may be true, however, that my work has been so Christ-centred, I may have given the impression that the Holy Spirit is an afterthought. Stanley Hauerwas afterthoughtassumecentre share on social
The heart of the gospel is that you don't know Jesus without the witness of the church. It's always mediated. Stanley Hauerwas churchgospelheart Change image and share on social
I think the language of sacrifice is particularly important for societies like the United States in which war remains our most determinative common experience, because states like the United States depend on the story of our wars for our ability to narrate our history as a unified story. Stanley Hauerwas abilitycommondepend share on social
Many who become theologians in our time think their task is to try to determine how much of what has passed for Christianity they still need to believe and yet still be able to think of themselves as Christians. Stanley Hauerwas christianchristianitydetermine 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
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
We Protestants automatically assume that the Pharisees are the Catholics. They are the self-righteous people who have made Christianity a form of legalistic religion, thereby destroying the free grace of the Gospel. We Protestants are the tax collectors, knowing that we are sinners and that our lives depend upon God's free grace. Stanley Hauerwas assumeautomaticallycatholic 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