God and Country (Hauerwas profile, 2002)
“Christians must be ready to die, indeed have their children die, rather than betray the Gospel. … Christians are not called to be heroes. We are called to be holy.”
“Christians must be ready to die, indeed have their children die, rather than betray the Gospel. … Christians are not called to be heroes. We are called to be holy.”
Oliver O’Donovan has made substantial contributions to the field of Christian moral theology. His work, however, is not confined to the academy; indeed, it informs the church’s mission and ministry. This brief essay cannot do justice to either the breadth or depth of his work, but some of the more significant strands can be sketched by focusing on three themes: (1) nature and social ordering, (2) eschatology and moral ordering, and (3) the church and …