Best Stanley Hauerwas Quotations
- Protestantism became identified with the republican presumption in liberty as an end in itself. This presumption was then reinforced by an unassailable belief in the… Became
- Conservatives and liberals understand the Christian faith as a set of ideas because, so understood, Christianity seems to be a set of beliefs assessable to… Anyone
- Christianity is not some ideal toward which we ought always to strive even though the ideal is out of reach. Christianity is not a series… Beliefs
- Time is a gift and a threat because we are bodily creatures. We only come into existence through the bodies of others, but that very… Bodies
- 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… Came
- I am often criticized, or at least questions are raised, about what appears to be the absence of the Holy Spirit in my work. Absence
- The very fact that doctrine is hewn from bitter controversy and tested through time is sufficient reason to make them a focus of theology. Bitter
- 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.… Afterthought
- I have no doubt that for some to become a Christian may involve an experience of ecstasy. Yet I do not think such an experience… Christian
- At least one reason for trying to live lives that make a difference is that by so living, we hope we will not be forgotten… Benefit
- William James was not a prophet. He was a philosopher whose philosophy reflected his profound humanity. Humanity
- Whatever it means for us to exist, we do so as creatures created, as the universe has been created, to glorify God. Been
- We, like the people of Israel, would like to think we get to name God. By naming God, we hope to get the kind of… God
- God is whoever raised Jesus from the dead, having before raised Israel from Egypt. There is no God but this God. Dead
- God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves. Able
- Our sin is exactly the presumption that we can know God or ourselves through our own capacities. Capacities
- Christians are nonviolent not, therefore, because we believe that nonviolence is a strategy to rid the world of war, but because nonviolence is constitutive of… Believe
- 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… Ability
- It is often observed that the first casualty of war is truth, but how do you tell the truth without betraying the sacrifice of those… Accepted
- I think it is a mistake to focus - as we most often do - only on the sacrifice of life that war requires. War… Focus
- To kill, in war or in any circumstance, creates a silence. It is right that silence should surround the taking of life. After all, the… All
- To be a Christian is to be obligated to be charitable. This is true whether you are rich or poor, healthy or ill, old or… Charitable
- To be poor does not mean you lack the means to extend charity to another. You may lack money or food, but you have the… Charity
- Though the world may often appear to be more charitable than the church, it is crucial to remember that, for the church, the care of… Appear
- The world does not have time to be with the poor, to learn with the poor, to listen to the poor. To listen to the… Charity
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