Dr. Stanley M. Hauerwas, one of the country's leading theologians, will give a lecture, "A Worldly Church: Politics, Theology, and the Common Good," at Providence College on March 26, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in Slavin Center '64 Hall on campus.

The Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at the Duke University Divinity School, Hauerwas was named "America's Best Theologian" by Time magazine in 2001. His book, A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic (University of Notre Dame Press, 1981), was selected as one of the 100 most important books on religion of the 20th century.

Hauerwas taught at the University of Notre Dame before joining the Duke faculty in 1984. He was the first American theologian in four decades to deliver the prestigious Gifford Lectures at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

His specialties include systematic theology, philosophical theology and ethics, political theory, as well as the philosophy of social science and medical ethics.

In addition to A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic, Hauerwas recently authored Matthew: Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible (Grand Rapids: Brazo Press, 2006) and The State of the University: Academic Knowledges and the Knowledge of God (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007).

Hauerwas, who holds a joint appointment in Duke Law School, earned his bachelor's degree from Southwestern University. He performed his graduate studies at Yale University and received a doctor of divinity degree (D.D.) from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

This event is free and open to the public.  For more information, please contact Jim Keating at jkeating@providence.edu.