Christians know that Christianity is simply extended training in dying early. That is what we have always been about.
— Stanley Hauerwas
Share this quote
Another quote →
Topics
More quotes by Stanley Hauerwas
The lives of the saints are the hermeneutical key to Scripture.
I do think, in spite of the considerable evidence to the contrary, that theology can and should be, in some of its modes, funny. Theology done right should make you laugh.
The Work of Theology (2015)
We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created.
Pacifism, therefore, is not just an attitude about war, but it entails the belief that God, through Jesus Christ, has inaugurated a history that frees all people from our assumption that we have no moral alternative to war.
Against the Nations: War and Survival in a Liberal Society (1985)
Huebner observes that my use of laugher is my attempt to practice theology in a manner that refuses the attempt to manage the world. In short, my use of laughter is “an appropriate theological antidote to the Constantinian desire for control.”
The Work of Theology (2015)
All Stanley Hauerwas quotes →
You may also like