tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post1328835709143977096..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Some vintage HauerwasBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-41520562424801184312011-08-15T23:08:24.799-04:002011-08-15T23:08:24.799-04:00Ben,Do you find Hauerwas's reasoning in this q...Ben,<br><br>Do you find Hauerwas's reasoning in this quotation creditable?<br><br>You're right: it is classic Hauerwas. When I was at Duke, he once began a class by putting out a very controversial view. After no one responded to what he said, he confessed that he wasn't sure he believed it, and that he sometimes says things just for the shock value. I was therefore not that surprised when I read, in *With the Grain of the Universe*, that he would "rather be wrong than boring" (!).<br><br>Personally, I find those traits deplorable in a theologian.<br><br>Don't you?John C. Poiriernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-13982946763441780832007-12-21T13:21:00.000-05:002007-12-21T13:21:00.000-05:00what's deplorable is that nobody spoke up and cont...what's deplorable is that nobody spoke up and contradicted him... alas.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262662173303042998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-82149256526070913512007-12-20T08:06:00.000-05:002007-12-20T08:06:00.000-05:00Ben,Do you find Hauerwas's reasoning in this quota...Ben,<BR/><BR/>Do you find Hauerwas's reasoning in this quotation creditable?<BR/><BR/>You're right: it is classic Hauerwas. When I was at Duke, he once began a class by putting out a very controversial view. After no one responded to what he said, he confessed that he wasn't sure he believed it, and that he sometimes says things just for the shock value. I was therefore not that surprised when I read, in *With the Grain of the Universe*, that he would "rather be wrong than boring" (!).<BR/><BR/>Personally, I find those traits deplorable in a theologian.<BR/><BR/>Don't you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com