‘America’s best theologian’ walks pacifist road (Hauerwas, 2003)

‘America’s best theologian’ walks pacifist road (Hauerwas, 2003)

“I say I’m a pacifist because I’m a violent son of a bitch. I’m a Texan. I can feel it in every bone I’ve got. And I hate the language of pacifism because it’s too passive,” he says. “But by avowing it, I create expectations in others that hopefully will help me live faithfully to what I know is true but that I have no confidence in my own ability to live it at all”.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *