Word: faithfull
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Postponed after the events of last Tuesday, Malian singer-guitarist Habib Koite, and Zimbabwean superstar Thomas Mapfumo will finally grace the stage of Sanders Theatre. The two are well matched—Koite’s acoustic, blues-flecked West African themes represent a younger generation of musicians, yet one...
Hauerwas has been a thorn in the side of what he takes to be Christian complacency for more than 30 years. For him, the message of Jesus was a radical one to which Christians, for the most part, have never been fully faithful. Christians, he believes, are called to be...
Hauerwas is happy to say that his rise to prominence is not the result of any special intellectual gift. He has always said that he is no smarter than other people but that he will "damn well outwork 'em." Salty in speech, given to joking about the "ontological superiority of...
Before communitarianism became a buzzword, Hauerwas addressed community. Before the Americans with Disabilities Act, he wrote perhaps his most engaging work on persons with disabilities and how, as a community, we react to their presence. He anticipated debates about genetic manipulation. Before talk of "the virtues" became widespread, Hauerwas wrote...
Sister Joan and her community may disregard their vows by defying church authority and church teaching, but rebellious groups like theirs are slowly dying. Most of their members are at or near retirement age, and their orders are simply not attracting new members. In contrast, those orders loyal to the...