The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson
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: Winsome wisdom from a renowned theologian on growing spiritually From the fairy godmother's pumpkin coach to Herr Drossel-meyer's nutcracker, godparents have long been associated with good gifts. In The Character of Virtue theologian and ethicist Stanley Hauerwas...
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Winsome wisdom from a renowned theologian on growing spiritually
From the fairy godmother's pumpkin coach to Herr Drossel-meyer's nutcracker, godparents have long been associated with good gifts. In The Character of Virtue theologian and ethicist Stanley Hauerwas offers his real-life godson something far more precious than toys or trinkets-the gift of hard-won wisdom on life and the process of maturing.
In each of fourteen letters-sent on the occasion of Laurence Wells's baptism and every year thereafter-Hauerwas contemÂplates a specific virtue and its meaning for a child growing year by year in the Christian faith. Writing on kindness, courage, humility, joy, and more, Hauerwas distills centuries of religious thinking and decades of self-reflection into heartfelt personal epistles packed with warmth, wit, and grace.
An introduction by Samuel Wells-Laurence's father and HauerÂwas's friend-tells the story behind these letters and offers sage insight into what a godparent is and can be.
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PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 490180
- Product Code 9780802875792
- ISBNÂ 0802875793
- EANÂ 9780802875792
- Pages 205
- Department General Books
- Category Christian Living
- Sub-Category General
- Publisher Eerdmans
- Publication Date Apr 2018
- Sales Rank 63136
- Dimensions 203 x 127 x 22mm
Stanley Hauerwas
Stanley Hauerwas (Ph.D.,Yale University) is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke University. He is the author of many books, including Performing the Faith, The Peaceable Kingdom; With the Grain of the Universe; A Better Hope; Christian Existence Today.
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. Dr. Hauerwas recently authored Matthew (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible), and The State of the University: Academic Knowledges and the Knowledge of God, (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007).
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