So, I managed to get a critical mass of people from my church interested in reading Hauerwas's Community of Character. The local owner of an arts supply store will be in it, and he can get the books for us for 40% off through a distributor of his. So, I think that's also a good incentive for people to read the book, as many of the men in the group are not familiar with Hauerwas. When they have heard of him, they know of him as a pacifist and a professor at Duke Divinity School, and I think more or less write him off. But, I managed to persuade them that he was worth reading, so I'm looking forward to the group. We'll start in two weeks. If anyone has any ideas, such as discussion questions or something like that, please post them here. I hate writing discussion questions, but I know they're essential. I probably am just too lazy to do it myself. I actually wrote a long letter to Stan Hauerwas himself a few moments ago, and en route to the post to mail it to him. The purpose of the letter? To see if he had any ideas for reading this book as a group. I basically just wanted an excuse to write him, though, as in a First Things article I once read by Stephen Webb, Webb mentions that he replies to every letter. That's probably why Duke doesn't post his email address - he'd probably never get anything done because he'd always write people back.
Posted by Admin at June 13, 2003 09:25 AM