Christianity, Democracy, and the Radical Ordinary

Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School, Duke University. Romand Coles engages in grassroots politics in Durham, North Carolina, and is Associate Professor of Political Science and Germanic Languages & Literature at Duke University.

'This book gives me hope. It takes the conversation over Christianity and democracy in a most welcome direction; away from ism-mongering and abstractions, down to earth, where instructive and inspiring examples can be found' - Jeffrey Stout, Princeton University 'This book is indispensable for those seeking to animate democratic spirituality' - William E. Connolly, Johns Hopkins University

• Preface IntroductionI A Possibility: Hauerwas Christianity and Democracy II Letter of July 17, 2006 III This Coles Practiced heading West of West with Cornel West and BakerIV Race: The Will D. Campbell Hauerwas University of 2006V Letter of 16, 2007VI Democracy and the Coles Wolin and the of Democratic TheoryVII The Pregnant of Williams: Coles Letter of February 27, 2006, and 2007VIII The Politics of Gentleness: Hauerwas Random Thoughts for a Conversation with Jean VanierIX Gentled Into Being: Coles Vanier and the Border at the Core X To Love God, the Poor, and Learning: Hauerwas Lessons Learned from Saint Gregory of NazianzusXI Letter of January 8, 2005XII Hunger, Ethics, and the University: Coles ARadical-Democratic Goad in Ten PiecesXIII Of Tension and Tricksters: Coles Grassroots Democracy between Theory and PracticeXIV Seeing Peace: Hauerwas L'Arche as a Peace MovementXV A ConversationBibliographyIndex