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Stanley Hauerwas: With the Grain of the Universe

Considering the fact that With the Grain of the Universe, Hauerwas’s Gifford lectures, was the first proper monograph written by Hauerwas since The Peaceable Kingdom (1983) it is hard not to feel a bit disappointed by the book. This could … Fortsätt läsa

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Stanley Hauerwas: Hannah’s Child. A Theologian’s Memoir

Hauerwas has dabbled with this kind of writing before, but still the beauty of this book must have been a surprise to those of us thinking that essays is all he could write. I have no doubt that this is … Fortsätt läsa

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Stanley Hauerwas: The Hauerwas Reader

Hauerwas considers himself to be first and foremost an essay writer, and although With the Grain of the Universe, Matthew, and Hannah’s Child, might mean that this statement needs to be qualified, it still is true that the greatest part … Fortsätt läsa

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Stanley Hauerwas and Charles Pinches: Christians among the Virtues

This book is probably among the ones that are more often mentioned, no doubt because it is rather clearly focused on the theme of Virtues. Thus it is often cited as the book containing Hauerwas’s understanding of the virtues, which … Fortsätt läsa

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Stanley Hauerwas: After Christendom?

This collection of essayes comes very close to being an actual book, and one where Hauerwas in a rather polemical tone discusses several key issues. This is the book where Hauerwas infamously argues that justice is a ”Bad Idea for … Fortsätt läsa

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Stanley Hauerwas & Jean Vanier: Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness

Hauerwas has had a very specific interest in the mentally disabled for a long time, and it is not surprising that he would run in to the L’Arche movement sooner or later. This book is the product of the first … Fortsätt läsa

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Stanley Hauerwas: Character and the Christian Life: A Study in Theological Ethics

This is Hauerwas doctoral thesis and frankly, I’d say it is mostly of interest to scholars studying the development of Hauerwas’s thinking. For those that fit that description, the foreword to the second edition is especially interesting. Also, it includes … Fortsätt läsa

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Stanley Hauerwas: Matthew

This book is interesting for a few reasons. On the one hand it is a coherent reading of Matthew that unlike most conventional commentaries does not break it up into tiny pieces that no longer connect. Hauerwas is very focused … Fortsätt läsa

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The Complete Guide to the Books by Stanley Hauerwas

Almost complete now, this is a list of all published books by Hauerwas, excluding only edited works. I have grouped the books under various headings, and all the titles of his essays are listed in the post on each book … Fortsätt läsa

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