Work of Theology

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: "Commonweal" Stanley Hauerwas has achieved singular preeminence among theologians in the United States as a public intellectual. . . . Any new book bearing Hauerwas's name is noteworthy. "The Christian Century" The church needs Hauerwas's prophetic witness. His theology is courageous, challenging, and a source of hope when many ecclesial leaders seem to be despairing. "Library Journal" It is hard to imagine any living theologian more celebrated than Hauerwas. "Samuel Wells" Stanley Hauerwas writes unputdownable theology -- because he believes in a God who will never put us down until it's clear how our story comes out. " Contributor Bio:  Hauerwas, Stanley Stanley Hauerwas is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke University and holds a joint appointment in Duke Law School. He is known to be controversial and outspoken; his stand as a pacifist against the Iraq war made him a nationally recognized dissident but won him few friends. His work cuts across disciplinary lines: systematic theology, philosophical theology and ethics, political theory, as well as the philosophy of social science and medical ethics.