Stanley Hauerwas is America’s most notable theologian on the topic of Christian non-violence. When explaining why he believes in non-violence he’s known for giving the simple response ”I’m a pacifist because I’m a violent son of a bitch.”
I don’t particularly care for his choice of words but I’m a big fan of his honesty. His… 
Posts Tagged ‘non-violence’
Because Of Who I Am
Prince Of Peace, God Of War. Another Fireproof.
A movie has been made comparing just war theory and Christian non-violence. You’d think I’d love it. I didn’t.
Oh, my brain ate up all the information, history, scripture. Something deeper in me was even inspired several times to be more like Christ. But most of the time I just sat there wishing: I wish this…
Taking The Doorknobs Off
I heard a story once about newlyweds learning to fight. Every time a conflict broke out the couple would follow the same script. She’d lock herself in the bathroom and he’d stand outside the door begging her to come out. Her silence gave her all the power and left him with only two unattractive options:…
The Real War On Terror
I’m having lunch with one of the authors of The Real War On Terror. We met a few months back, the last time I was up in Ohio. Jonathan hasn’t gone to seminary, isn’t employed as a theologian, and is Doogie Hauser young but he and his co-author have written something pretty unique (A mixture…
Review: What About Hitler
On the very long flight to Europe I finished reading WHAT ABOUT HITLER?:Wrestling with Jesus’s Call to Nonviolence in an Evil World. Here’s a little about it.
Now, I usually read books twice: Once to get the basic gist of it and the second time with a pen in hand underlining, writing questions in the margins,…
Stand Apart And Witness
Andy Brockenbeck was my first real enemy. A sixth grader with pale freckled skin, he was a head shorter than I, with the mouth and reputation of a man doing 25 to life. He commanded his gang of three, all of them roundish and speaking mostly in monosyllabic grunts, using only his gifts of intimidation…
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