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“This is to say that while voting and lobbying and marching and sheltering are all political, more basically political is the gathered body of Christ.”
― Stanley Hauerwas, Minding the Web: Making Theological Connections

“As long as it is assumed that war is always an available option, we will not be forced to imagine any alternative to war.”
― Stanley Hauerwas, Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir

“My oft-made claim, a claim that many find offensive, that the first task of the church is not to make the world just but to make the world the world, is rightly understood only in light of these eschatological convictions.”
― Stanley Hauerwas, Approaching the End: Eschatological Reflections on Church, Politics, and Life

“Christians worship at the church of martyrs; they seek fellowship with the crucified Lord. Being a Christian is not about being safe, but about challenging the status quo in ways that cannot help but put you in danger. Thinking it possible to be safe in a world where Christians are sent out like sheep among wolves is about as unfortunate an idea as thinking that war is necessary to secure peace.”
― Stanley Hauerwas, Minding the Web: Making Theological Connections