Stanley Hauerwas

The Finest Traditions of My Calling, by Abraham M. Nussbaum

Nussbaum, a psychiatrist who labels himself a “bad Catholic,” delves with religious fervor into the mystery of his calling to serve people who suffer. Guided by mentors like Basil of Caesarea, Hildegard of Bingen, and Stanley Hauerwas, he envisions medical care as a precious craft honed by the development of virtue.

By %1 April 14, 2016

In Review:

The Work of Theology, by Stanley Hauerwas

Longtime Hauerwas readers will not be surprised to hear that his new book is maddening—nor that some of the most maddening aspects are also the most rewarding.

reviewed by Sarah Morice Brubaker September 30, 2015

Kenosis and Christendom: Resident Aliens at 25

Resident Aliens effectively makes a virtue of a necessity. It seems to choose disestablishment, which in fact has come down upon us like a judgment.

by Christian Scharen

September 22, 2014

Accidental impact: Resident Aliens at 25

Resident Aliens, a work of theology, was put to use as applied sociology. The description of life in the Christian colony became, paradoxically, a formula for success.

by Robin Lovin

September 19, 2014

Against hegemony, not state: Resident Aliens at 25

We need the spiritual agility to recognize counter-hegemonic "citizenship in heaven" whenever and however it becomes flesh.

by Nancy Bedford

September 19, 2014

Locating loyalty: Resident Aliens at 25

Resident Aliens helped convince a generation that there is no Christian identity apart from the church. But where exactly is Hauerwas and Willimon's "adventuresome" church?

by Debra Dean Murphy

September 18, 2014

Church against state? Resident Aliens at 25

A funny thing happened on the way to the church-as-polis: I can now imagine being a resident alien and invested in the state, in all of its glorious failing.

by James K. A. Smith

September 18, 2014

Unintended aid: Resident Aliens at 25

Denigrating "social activist churches" was central to Hauerwas and Willimon's agenda. Yet Resident Aliens revived social gospel arguments.

by Gary Dorrien

September 17, 2014

The wrong preferential option: Resident Aliens at 25

I once actually was a resident alien. I wonder if Hauerwas and Willimon have any clue what it means to occupy that space.

by Miguel De La Torre

September 17, 2014

Targeted medicine: Resident Aliens at 25

The image of a resident alien offers an important biblical corrective. But it isn't the only such image we need.

by Brian D. McLaren

September 16, 2014

The Christian Century