Blogs Posts on "Stanley Hauerwas"

Ask Hauerwas a question by Faith and Theology on Nov 6, 2009Our friend Dan Morehead will soon be interviewing Stanley Hauerwas for a feature in Wunderkammer Magazine. So Dan has invited us to have some input into the interview. What question would you ask Hauerwas? What would you like him to discuss in the in...

Who am I? Bonhoeffer's theology through his poetry by Faith and Theology on Oct 4, 2009Bernd Wannenwetsch, ed., Who Am I? Bonhoeffer's Theology Through His Poetry (T&T Clark 2009), 259 pp. (thanks to T&T Clark for a copy)I've been waiting eagerly for this book, and I wasn't disappointed. An impressive range of scholars – incl...

On weird publishing mistakes by Faith and Theology on Sep 9, 2009Speaking of books and publishing, I’m always pleased when I come across some weird and unaccountable publishing mishap in one of my books, some defect that sets it apart from the common herd. A notable example is the well-known Hauerwas and Willimo...

A challenge for theological educators by Per Crucem ad Lucem on Sep 4, 2009‘The seminaries have produced clergy who are agents of modernity, experts in the art of congregational adaptation to the cultural status-quo, enlightened facilitators whose years of education have trained them to enable believers to detach themselv...

In which Stanley Hauerwas improves his grammar by Faith and Theology on Aug 14, 2009Over at Halden’s blog, we’ve been discussing English grammar (in response to some silly sausage who disapproves of gender-neutral language). This led Halden to post the following anecdote about Hauerwas’ use of grammar:Stanley Hauerwas was at H...

Things to read while eating your Saturday toast … by Per Crucem ad Lucem on Jul 17, 2009Jim Gordon posts on John Denver CDs! Joseph Tkach offers a tribute to Ray Anderson. Paul Fromont has been thinking about Gospel and culture with Stanley Hauerwas and Miroslav Volf (Parts I, II, IIIa, [...]...

Hauerwas on sex, marriage, politics and love by Per Crucem ad Lucem on May 5, 2009‘The dominant assumption has been that the evaluation of different kinds of sexual expressions should center on whether they are or are not expressive of love. On the contrary, the ethics of sex must begin with political considerations, because...

Aliens in the Church: A Reflection on ANZAC Day, National Flags and the Church as an Alternative Society by Per Crucem ad Lucem on May 5, 2009‘There is no agreement between the divine and the human sacrament, the standard of Christ and the standard of the devil, the camp of light and the camp of darkness. One soul cannot be due to two masters — God and Cæsar’. So was Tertul...

Stanley Hauerwas on ‘Preaching As Though We Had Enemies’ by Per Crucem ad Lucem on Apr 18, 2009I 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...

Stanley Hauerwas on patriotism, pacifism and just warriors by Per Crucem ad Lucem on Apr 17, 2009On 2 March 2003, David Rutledge conducted the following interview with Stanley Hauerwas on ABC’s Encounter program: David Rutledge: One of the most prominent Christian pacifist voices in the US at the moment is Stanley Hauerwas, from Duke Un...