ONCE NAMED BY Time magazine as the “best theologian in America,” Stanley Hauerwas addresses the “how to” of theology in this book. Revisiting some of his earliest philosophical and theological views in order to clarify his previous work — and to correct mistaken characterizations of him and his work — Hauerwas here explores theological reflection as an exercise in practical reason. Hauerwas discusses a wide array of topics in such chapters as these:
e “How I Think I Learned to Think Theologically”
• “How to Do or Not to Do Protestant Ethics”
• “The ‘How’ of Theology and the Ministry”
• “How to Write a Theological Sentence”
• “How to Be Theologically Funny”
• “How (Not) to Retire Theologically”

CONTENTS

Preface - viii

Introduction - і

1.How I Think I Learned to Think Theologically - 11

2. How the Holy Spirit Works - 32

3. How to Do or Not to Do Protestant Ethics - 53

4. How to Be an Agent: Why Character Matters - 70

5. How to Tell Time Theologically - 90

6. The uHow” of Theology and the Ministry - 103

7. How to Write a Theological Sentence - 122

8. How to Be Theologically Ironic - 147

9. How to (Not) Be a Political Theologian - 170

10. How to Think Theologically about Rights - 191

11. How to “Remember the Poor” - 208

12. How to Be Theologically Funny - 229

13. How (Not) to Retire Theologically - 250

Postscript: By Way of a Response to Nicholas Healy’s Book, Hauerwas: A (Very) Critical Introduction - 266

Index - 279

ONCE NAMED BY Time magazine as the “best theologian in America,” Stanley Hauerwas addresses the “how to” of theology in this book. Revisiting some of his earliest philo-sophical and theological views in order to clarify his previous work — and to correct mistaken characterizations of him and his work — Hauerwas here explores theological reflection as an exercise in practical reason.
Hauerwas discusses a wide array of topics in such chapters as these:
• “How I Think I Learned to Think Theologically”
• “How to Do or Not to Do Protestant Ethics”
• “The ‘How’ of Theology and the Ministry”
• “How to Write a Theological Sentence”
• “How to Be Theologically Funny”
• “How (Not) to Retire Theologically”