In Good Company : The Church As Polis

By exposing a different account of politics―the church as polis and "counterstory" to the world's politics―Stanley Hauerwas helps Christians to recognize the unifying beliefs and practices that make them a political entity apart from the rest of the world. With this collection of essays, celebrated theologian Stanley Hauerwas attempts to foment a modest revolution by forcing Christians to take themselves more seriously as Christians and to recognize the unifying beliefs and practices characteristic of their faith - a faith that makes them a political entity apart from the re of the world. By exposing a different account of politics - the church polis and "counter-story" to the world's politics - Hauerwas helps Christians see that in fact, God has given them the means to escape the destructive practices of the world by placing them "in good company" with one another, Catholic and Protestant alike In this collection of essays, the author sets out to persuade Christians to take themselves more seriously as Christians and to recognise the unifying beliefs and practices characteristic of their faith.