Hauerwas

<DIV>Stanley Hauerwas is one of the most important and robustly creative theologians of our time and his work is well known and much admired. But Nicholas Healy -- himself an admirer of Hauerwas's thought -- believes that it has not yet been subjected to the kind of sustained critical analysis that is warranted by such a significant and influential Christian thinker. As someone interested in the broader systematic-theological implications of Hauerwas's work Healy fills that gap in <I>Hauerwas: A (Very) Critical Introduction</I>.<br><br>After a general introduction to Hauerwas's work Healy examines three main areas of his thought: his method his social theory and his theology. According to Healy Hauerwas's overriding concern for ethics and church-based apologetics so dominates his thinking that he systematically distorts Christian doctrine. Healy illustrates what he sees as the deficiencies of Hauerwas's theology and argues that it needs substantial revision.</DIV>