Stanley Hauerwas, Working with Words: On Learning to Speak Christian
Our discipleship and witness should matter to God, to us, and to others.
Given the range of impact Working With Words can effect on its readers (see the above take-aways from reading the book), I would recommend it to all Christians, whether or not they are pursuing a theological degree or career in ministry. The only caveat I would add—as can be seen from some of the quotations—this material does not read as smoothly as Hauerwas normally does. Perhaps it is difficult to find a coherent theme in a compilation of presentations, with its many tangents and adjacent themes. Nonetheless, as the Duke theologian puts it so well, words have consequence, and our discipleship and witness should matter to God, to us, and to others. Here is a tool for theologians, church leaders, and Christians to conscientiously think through their discipleship and witness in conversation with an Anabaptist public theologian.
Reviewed by Timothy Lim Teck Ngern
Preview http://www.amazon.com/Working-Words-Learning-Speak-Christian/dp/1608999688#reader_1608999688.
