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'''Stanley Hauerwas''' (July 24, 1940- ) is a United Methodist theologian and ethicist who is currently the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at [[Duke Divinity School]] in Durham, NC. He has a B.D., M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from [[Yale University]] and has a D.D. from the [[University of Edinburgh]]. {{Multimedia| content= * [http://www.gfmuiuc.net/hauerwas4-6-06.mp3 Sacrificing the Sacrifices of War] (MP3), April 6, 2006. <ref> This was the Annual Marjorie Hall Thulin Lecture at the University of Illinois-Urbana. </ref> * [http://thomerica.com/videos/academia/hauerwas/ Hauerwas videos] (on the right side of the webpage) |}} In his career, Hauerwas has attempted to emphasize the importance of virtue and character within the [[Church]]. He has been an outspoken Christian pacifist and has promoted nonviolence, having been mentored by Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder. Hauerwas has also been an opponent of nationalism, particularly American patriotism, arguing that it has no place in the Church. He has also been associated with the [[narrative theology]] movement. ''TIME Magazine'' in 2001 named him "America's Best Theologian". He responded by saying "Best is not a theological category." That same year, he was invited to give the prestigious Gifford Lectures at St. Andrews in Scotland, which were published as ''With the Grain of the Universe'', a text in which [[Karl Barth|Karl Barth's]] interpretation of [[Anselm]]'s [[analogy of faith]] was featured. Hauerwas is a prominent and influential theological ethicist in the United States. As John Howard Yoder had attempted to demonstrate what he felt were problems with Reinhold Niebuhr's ethics in his 1972 book ''The Politics of Jesus'', Hauerwas attempted the same with the positions of both H. Richard Niebuhr (particularly his 1951 book ''Christ and Culture'') and [[Paul Tillich]], thus calling into question the modern philosophical foundations for just war thinking. Hauerwas has also been deeply influenced by Catholic philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, who uses Thomist thought regarding virtue ethics to critique modern and postmodern culture. As a teacher and lecturer, Hauerwas is known for his wit, sharp criticisms of positions he disagrees with, breadth of reading, and (more than) occasional use of [[profanity]], which he explains as being the result of having a brick-layer father. While Hauerwas has been self-identified with the United Methodist Church for the bulk of his career, as of his latest work, he has begun to identify himself as an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] and attends an Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill, NC. {{citation needed}} ==Theological bent== "Hauerwas is less concerned with who Christ was and more on how he is an example to a community. He believes theology has no ''essence'', but is merely an outline to help illuminate the story of a community. Therefore, he redefines the classic doctrines of [[justification]] and [[sanctification]] out of their historical interpretation. Justification is following in the path of [[God]] by Christ's example. Sanctification is a reminder of what kind of path Christians are on."<ref> [http://9marks.org/CC/article/0,,PTID314526|CHID598014|CIID2249680,00.html Keith Goad] (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary). </ref> == Notes == <references/> == References == * [[Wikipedia:Stanley Hauerwas|Stanley Hauerwas]] == External links == * [http://www.divinity.duke.edu/portal_memberdata/shauerwas Hauerwas' faculty page] * [http://www.bigbrother.net/~mugwump/Hauerwas/ Stanley Hauerwas Unofficial Archive] * [http://www.tyndale.ca/seminary/mtsmodular/viewpage.php?pid=62 Stanley Hauerwas Reading Room], maintained by Arnold Neufeldt-Fast, PhD, Tyndale Seminary * [http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/WeirdWildWeb/courses/mwt/dictionary/mwt_themes_912_hauerwas.htm Stanley Hauerwas] (The Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Modern Western Theology) * [http://www.worldmag.com/articles/12772 A playful mind] (Interview at WORLD Magazine) * [http://www.theotherjournal.com/article.php?id=25 An Interview with Stanley Hauerwas], by Dan Rhodes === Online writings === * [http://www.jesusradicals.com/library/hauerwas/Church&LiberalDemocracy.pdf The Church and Liberal Democracy: The Moral Limits of a Secular Polity] (PDF) [[Category:Theologians|Hauerwas, Stanley]] [[Category:Anglicans|Hauerwas, Stanley]]

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