stanley hauerwas on sin - The Diigo Meta page

• 29 Sep 08
  

  Todd Way

  3 quotes from stanley on sin

  hauerwas theology soteriology

  • “Another hallmark of Christianity is that salvation is not individualistic—it’s not something one person receives for himself or herself. Salvation is the reign of God. It is a political alternative to the way the world is constituted. That’s a very important part of the story that has been lost to accounts of salvation that are centered in the individual. But without an understanding that salvation is the reign of God, the need for the church to mediate salvation makes no sense at all.” (The Hauerwas Reader, p. 533).
  • “I don’t have any faith in myself of living a virtuous life; but if I am surrounded by other people who are also formed by the same commitments, then we’ve got a better chance. We need one another to live up to the wonderful invitation we’ve been given to be other than we are.” (534).

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