{"id":18820,"date":"1998-12-25T15:16:50","date_gmt":"1998-12-25T19:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=16150"},"modified":"2013-11-08T11:53:44","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T16:53:44","slug":"december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/","title":{"rendered":" Stanley Hauerwas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stanley Hauerwas is a blunt, controversial, and profane teacher whose Christianity is as unvarnished as his speech. The professor charges that the Christian Church in America has compromised so much with the modern world it is in mortal peril. As he tells his students, Hauerwas believes that the Church is losing its soul and it’s up to them to restore it by becoming like modern saints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stanley Hauerwas is a blunt, controversial, and profane teacher whose Christianity is as unvarnished as his speech. The professor charges that the Christian Church in America has compromised so much with the modern world it is in mortal peril. As … More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":18883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4689,1292,8208,1032,6904],"class_list":["post-18820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-christianity","tag-church","tag-duke-divinity-school","tag-faith","tag-stanley-hauerwas"],"yoast_head":"\nDecember 25, 1998 ~ Stanley Hauerwas | December 25, 1998 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stanley Hauerwas is a blunt, controversial, and profane teacher whose Christianity is as unvarnished as his speech. The professor charges that the Christian Church in America has compromised so much with the modern world it is in mortal peril. As he tells his students, Hauerwas believes that the Church is losing its soul and it's up to them to restore it by becoming like modern saints.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"December 25, 1998 ~ Stanley Hauerwas | December 25, 1998 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stanley Hauerwas is a blunt, controversial, and profane teacher whose Christianity is as unvarnished as his speech. The professor charges that the Christian Church in America has compromised so much with the modern world it is in mortal peril. As he tells his students, Hauerwas believes that the Church is losing its soul and it's up to them to restore it by becoming like modern saints.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"1998-12-25T19:16:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-11-08T16:53:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/1998\/12\/0217-08-200.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Macey Schiff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Macey Schiff\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/25\\\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\\\/18820\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/25\\\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\\\/18820\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Macey Schiff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/307e2f37e4f354613d2d15f94908d9d5\"},\"headline\":\"Stanley Hauerwas\",\"datePublished\":\"1998-12-25T19:16:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-11-08T16:53:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/25\\\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\\\/18820\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":70,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/25\\\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\\\/18820\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/0217-08-200.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Christianity\",\"church\",\"Duke Divinity School\",\"Faith\",\"Stanley Hauerwas\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/25\\\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\\\/18820\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/25\\\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\\\/18820\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/25\\\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\\\/18820\\\/\",\"name\":\"December 25, 1998 ~ Stanley Hauerwas | December 25, 1998 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/25\\\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\\\/18820\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/25\\\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\\\/18820\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/0217-08-200.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"1998-12-25T19:16:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-11-08T16:53:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/307e2f37e4f354613d2d15f94908d9d5\"},\"description\":\"Stanley Hauerwas is a blunt, controversial, and profane teacher whose Christianity is as unvarnished as his speech. The professor charges that the Christian Church in America has compromised so much with the modern world it is in mortal peril. As he tells his students, Hauerwas believes that the Church is losing its soul and it's up to them to restore it by becoming like modern saints.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/25\\\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\\\/18820\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/25\\\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\\\/18820\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/0217-08-200.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/1998\\\/12\\\/0217-08-200.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":100},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/\",\"name\":\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\",\"description\":\"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/search-results\\\/?q={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/307e2f37e4f354613d2d15f94908d9d5\",\"name\":\"Macey Schiff\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/author\\\/schiffm\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"December 25, 1998 ~ Stanley Hauerwas | December 25, 1998 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","description":"Stanley Hauerwas is a blunt, controversial, and profane teacher whose Christianity is as unvarnished as his speech. The professor charges that the Christian Church in America has compromised so much with the modern world it is in mortal peril. As he tells his students, Hauerwas believes that the Church is losing its soul and it's up to them to restore it by becoming like modern saints.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"December 25, 1998 ~ Stanley Hauerwas | December 25, 1998 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","og_description":"Stanley Hauerwas is a blunt, controversial, and profane teacher whose Christianity is as unvarnished as his speech. The professor charges that the Christian Church in America has compromised so much with the modern world it is in mortal peril. As he tells his students, Hauerwas believes that the Church is losing its soul and it's up to them to restore it by becoming like modern saints.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/","og_site_name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/","article_published_time":"1998-12-25T19:16:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-11-08T16:53:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":200,"height":100,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/1998\/12\/0217-08-200.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Macey Schiff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_site":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Macey Schiff"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/"},"author":{"name":"Macey Schiff","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/307e2f37e4f354613d2d15f94908d9d5"},"headline":"Stanley Hauerwas","datePublished":"1998-12-25T19:16:50+00:00","dateModified":"2013-11-08T16:53:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/"},"wordCount":70,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/1998\/12\/0217-08-200.jpg","keywords":["Christianity","church","Duke Divinity School","Faith","Stanley Hauerwas"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/","name":"December 25, 1998 ~ Stanley Hauerwas | December 25, 1998 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/1998\/12\/0217-08-200.jpg","datePublished":"1998-12-25T19:16:50+00:00","dateModified":"2013-11-08T16:53:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/307e2f37e4f354613d2d15f94908d9d5"},"description":"Stanley Hauerwas is a blunt, controversial, and profane teacher whose Christianity is as unvarnished as his speech. The professor charges that the Christian Church in America has compromised so much with the modern world it is in mortal peril. As he tells his students, Hauerwas believes that the Church is losing its soul and it's up to them to restore it by becoming like modern saints.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/1998\/12\/25\/december-25-1998-stanley-hauerwas\/18820\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/1998\/12\/0217-08-200.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/1998\/12\/0217-08-200.jpg","width":200,"height":100},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/","name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","description":"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/307e2f37e4f354613d2d15f94908d9d5","name":"Macey Schiff","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/author\/schiffm\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}