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Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (2010)

by Stanley Hauerwas(Favorite Author)

4.23 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0802864872 (ISBN13: 9780802864871)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

review 1: I don't even know where to begin. My first legitimate exposure to Hauerwas was with his Reformation Day sermon, and that blew me out of the water. I've been meaning to pick up Resident Aliens and his new piece on eschatology for a while now, but I kept forgetting. Then, on an impulse, I stopped by Half Price Books, and lo and behold, I came across Hannah's Child. Needless to say, this book may be the best book I've read in SUCH a long time. Whether you know Hauerwas or not, it was a compelling testament to why theology is important and how God equips and calls even the most unlikely. To see his transformation and discipleship throughout the book is humbling; even the way he writes and uses language changes throughout, displaying a (sub)conscious attention to detail. All in... more all, pick it up. This is good. I'm excited to read another one of his books in the near future.
review 2: I highly recommend "Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir." It is the honest account of one of the most important theologians of our time, Stanley Hauerwas. Typical for Hauerwas are his insitence that he was a theologian before he became a Christian, that, now, in his old age, he is surprised that people see in him the light of God. Delightful is Hauerwas' insistence use of working class language for fear of becoming a hypocrit. Piercing and heartbreaking (but at the same time very encouraging and hope giving for me in my own context) is the account of his first marriage and the difficulty of living with an unhealthy wife. Hauerwas explains that his stance on non-violence and pacifism have, as influenced by Yoder, a Christological foundation. This might want one to re-think just-war theories. less

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