198 Quotes by Stanley Hauerwas

Though the world may often appear to be more charitable than the church, it is crucial to remember that, for the church, the care of the poor cannot be separated from the worship of God.

I simply cannot get over what a surprising and wonderful life God has given me,

From my perspective, 'postmodernism' merely names an interesting set of developments in the social order that is based on the presumption that God does not matter.

No powers determine our lives more completely than those we think we have under our control. I

Christians know that Christianity is simply extended training in dying early. That is what we have always been about.

The fact that monasticism preceded the identification of greed as a primal sin is an important reminder that our very ability to name sin is a theological achievement.

If I were a person who was non-American, I would think humanitarian intervention is just another name for United States imperialism.

The fact that I spent my life in universities in a manner that I no longer have close identification with bricklayers is a pain to me.

The problem with the U.S. foreign policy is that we're just so unbelievably powerful. And when you've got that kind of power, it's very hard not to use it.