"Ingratiating theology is always boring. This book is exciting just because it displays an uncompromising Christian who thinks about matters of great general concern. Stanley Hauerwas’s extraordinary intellectual energy constantly jolts one into reconsidering what one had previously taken for granted. He illustrates how a vigorous theology can participate in the common conversation."—Robert N. Bellah, author of Habits of the ... Read moreHeart "Stanley Hauerwas is one of the few prophetic voices of our time—idiosyncratic, cantankerous, and challenging."—Cornel West "Stanley Hauerwas’s criticisms of the American pieties are unanswerable. His alternatives are likely to be considered an outrage. Hooray for Hawerwas! There’s no one I’d rather be reading."—Frank Lentricchia Show Less