Hauerwas’ lack of confidence in the political system (well founded, I believe….see this: Stanley Hauerwas on Christians and Politics at Theoblogical) is something that has, for me, crept into my sense for the church in America, ...
I was just reading something that mentioned a phrase I often heard used: “So focused on heaven that they are of no earthly good”, referring to how some spiritualities withdraw from any responsibility to suffering around them. It...