Stanley Hauerwas: Christian Patriotism Is An Oxymoron

This brief interview Stanley Hauerwas affords Dr. Hawerwas with the opportunity to explain why America’s warmongering and patriotism are incompatible with the gospel of peace.

Named “America’s Best Theologian” by Time magazine in 2001, Stanley Hauerwas teaches at both Duke Divinity School and also Duke Law School. His book, A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic, was selected as one of the 100 most important books on religion of the 20th century.

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How To Reconcile Hitler And The Christian Pacifist

How was Hitler able to convince Christian soldiers to kill other Christians in Poland, France, and Russia? Hasn’t something gone tragically wrong with the church when Christians can be persuaded to kill other Christians in the name of ideology and nationalism? The enduring catastrophe of Constantine subverting the kingdom of God was that the politics of Jesus were set aside for the interests of empire.

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