Christians Among the Virtues

Stanley Hauerwas is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke University. He is the author of In Good Company, Vision and Virtue, A Community of Character, and Character and the Christian Life, all published by the University of Notre Dame Press.Charles Pinches is professor of theology and religious studies at the University of Scranton in Scranton, PA. He has published numerous articles in scholarly journals and is the author of several books, including A Gathering of Memories.

"This is a must read for those interested in Hauerwas' work and/or in the Christian appropriation of Aristotelian virtue ethics." —Theological Studies"An important contribution to an analysis of the place of the virtues in Christian ethics . . . Highly recommended." —Choice"Consistently provocative and rich with insight, Christians Among the Virtues deserves a wide audience. Philosophers as well as theologians will find much in it to stimulate their thinking and challenge their convictions." —First Things"An excellent introduction to Aristotle's ethics for any interested reader ... there is much in the book to interest moral philosophers as well as theologians." —Philosophy in Review"A valuable contribution, recommended for a wide range of scholars, teachers, and students of Christian theology and ethics." —Ethics". . . this is an important book from which both philosophers and theologians should engage in a conversation. The nearly 40 pages of footnotes are a veritable gold mine. This book should be read and discussed by philosophers and theologians working through the issues of virtue ethics and religious thought. It should serve as a means of continuing this important conversation." —International Philosophical Quarterly"We need more books lie this: Pugnacious and articulate, it knows its own positions and is not afraid to state them. It likes a good fight; indeed the book is structured as a series of disputatious conversations. And it picks its fights well: Each interlocutor merits the attention it receives." —Anglican Theological Review"[T]his is perhaps Hauerwas's most successful exposition of the assertion that, in the Church, everything is political, but politics is not everything. Friendship is the heart of the book, but, in contrast to Nussbaum, Hauerwas and Pinches display friendship as a profoundly political practice. This is a book for those who sense the sadness of life yet have been offered a particular friendship." —Studies in Christian Ethics