TRIBUTES
to Stanley Hauerwas

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Stanley Hauerwas changed my life.  As an undergraduate aiming for law school, he told me “Lawyers are a dime a dozen” and got me thinking about graduate studies in theology.  As a grad student, he was my Doktorvater.  From him I...
William T. Cavanaugh
Director
Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, DePaul University, Chicago
The morning of my dissertation defense, right before my defense time, I said a Eucharist in Goodson Chapel to offer my labor to God. Stanley didn’t have to come - he wasn’t on my committee - but he did. It meant the world to me.
Kara N. Slade
Theologian in Residence
Princeton Theological Seminary
My life and ministry have been blessed by Stanley's friendship.  One learns quite early in a friendship with Stanley, not to ask him his opinion if you do not want the unvarnished truth.  Now, in this wonderful gathering, you too can get the full-frontal Hauerwas.  Get ready to be smacked by the truth in Jesus' name!  One more thing, it has been said of Stanley, as it was said of Barth, that...
Will Willimon
Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry, UMC Bishop
Duke Divinity School
Stanley was the first critique of the church that I had trusted; he smelled too much like Jesus. His life has been spent trying to pry the church's head from it's own ass. Builds strength of character.
Joshua Retterer
Contributing Writer
Mockingbird Ministries
I didn't realize quite the impact Dr. Hauerwas would have on my life until it was too late. His written work, essays, and conversations have challenged me to not only take the Gospel seriously but to take myself seriously as a minister of the gospel. It is because of him that I consider the theological role of the pastor for the community as important as the pastoral role we are called to play.
Teer Hardy
Associate Pastor
Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, Arlington, VA
Quite simply, no one has shaped my theology more than Stanley Hauerwas.
Brian Zahnd
Pastor
Word of Life Church, St Joseph, MO
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