In Good Company: The Church as Polis

by Stanley Hauerwas

Overview

By exposing a different account of politics—the church as polis and "counterstory" to the world's politics—Stanley Hauerwas helps Christians to recognize the unifying beliefs and practices that make them a political entity apart from the rest of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780268011727
Publisher:	University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date:	07/31/1995
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Stanley Hauerwas is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at the Divinity School of Duke University. He is the author of many books, including A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic (University of Notre Dame Press, 1981), which was selected by Christianity Today as one of the 100 most important books on religion of the twentieth century.

Editorial Reviews

[Hauerwas’s theme] informs and braces every selection in this lively collection, and gives the reader the sort of workover one doesn’t experience often enough when reading contemporary theology.” —Commonweal

“Hauerwas writes with deep conviction. He seeks not only to explain the Christian faith but also to persuade and promote ways of thinking and acting that he believes Christians should embrace.” —Journal of Ecumenical Studies

“The ecumenical dimension of the volume is engaging. Hauerwas is at home in both Protestant and Catholic institutions and he has a good understanding of the underlying theology of both. . . . In Good Company will introduce the reader to a contemporary voice that is worth listening to.” —Pro Ecclesia

“Hauerwas . . . provocatively explores what it means to be a Christian. . . . [T]his book . . . will certainly provide stimulating and good company to all who read it.” —Journal of Contemporary Religion

“Hauerwas enjoys being a provocative voice in the larger forum of contemporary ethical discourse. He cultivates an in-your-face style at times that can distort by oversimplifying the questions he claims to clarify. But part of his charm and technique is to encircle the reader and pull him or her further and further into his interpretation of the Kingdom of God.” —America

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