Stanley Hauerwas

Sermons from one of the country’s best-known theologians 17 sermons, from “Saints” and “Letting Go,” to “Recognizing Jesus/Seeing Salvation” and “Clothe Your Ministers in Righteousness” Two bonus presentations on “Leadership” and “An Open Letter to Christians Beginning College” in the appendix

Stanley Hauerwas (f. 1940) är idag en av USA:s mest inflytelserika teologer och etiker. Denna bok är på en gång en lärobok i kristen etik, en introduktion till Hauerwas teologi och ett argument för fredlighetens betydelse för den kristna tron. Kristen etik är för Hauerwas inte primärt en teoretisk fråga, utan en praktisk och utmanande verklighet. Genom att betona betydelsen av den kristna berättelsen, de kristna dygderna och kyrkan som gemenskap pekar han på den radikala kraft som ett liv i Kristi efterföljelse bär på idag. Stanley Hauerwas teologi kan varken beskrivas som konservativ eller liberal, och tar avstånd både från pliktetiska och utilitaristiska teorier om etik. I stället bygger denna bok på övertygelsen att trohet mot Guds rike innebär ett ifrågasättande av de krafter som styr vår värld. Det fredliga riket är en bok för den som söker en djupare förståelse för den kristna trons praktiska konsekvenser och den kristna kyrkans uppgift och betydelse i vår tid.

In this award-winning memoir Stanley Hauerwas gives a frank, transparent account of his own life interwoven with the development of his thought. Unique to this paperback edition is a new afterword that offers Hauerwas's reflections on responses to Hannah's Child.

How are American identity and America's presence in the world shaped by war, and what does God have to do with it? Esteemed theologian Stanley Hauerwas helps readers reflect theologically on war, church, justice, and nonviolence in this compelling volume, exploring issues such as how America depends on war for its identity, how war affects the soul of a nation, the sacrifices that war entails, and why war is considered "necessary," especially in America. He also examines the views of nonviolence held by Martin Luther King Jr. and C. S. Lewis, how Jesus constitutes the justice of God, and the relationship between congregational ministry and Christian formation in America.

In this small but powerful book, renowned theologian Stanley Hauerwas offers a moving reflection on Jesus's final words from the cross. Touching in original and surprising ways on subjects such as praying the Psalms and our need to be remembered by Jesus, Hauerwas emphasizes Christ's humanity as well as the sheer "differentness" of God. Ideal for personal devotion during Lent and throughout the church year, this book offers a transformative reading of Jesus's words that goes directly to the heart of the gospel. Now in paperback.

The crucial challenge for theology is that when it is read the reader thinks, ‘This is true.’ Recognizing claims that are ‘true’ enables readers to identify an honest expression of life’s complexities. The trick is to show that theological claims – the words that must be used to speak of God – are necessary if the theologian is to speak honestly of the complexities of life. The worst betrayal of the task of theology comes when the theologian fears that the words he or she must use are not necessary. This new collection of essays, lectures, and sermons by Stanley Hauerwas is focused on the central challenge, risk and difficulty of this necessity – working with words about God. The task of theology is to help us do things with words. ‘God’ is not a word peculiar to theology, but if ‘God’ is a word to be properly used by Christians, the word must be disciplined by Christian practice. It should, therefore, not be surprising that, like any word, we must learn how to say ‘God’.