Carolina QuotesWe must first experience the kingdom if we are even to know what kind of freedom and what kind of equality we should desire. Christian freedom lies in service, Christian equality is equality before God, and neither can be achieved through the coercive efforts of liberal idealists who would transform the world into their image.
Stanley Hauerwas Connected to the Carolinas
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From "The Servant Community: Christian Social Ethics" (1983) in The Hauerwas Reader (2001) eds. John Berkman and Michael Cartwright
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- 1983
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“We must first experience the kingdom if we are even to know …” Stanley Hauerwas. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-6486EC516E. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/6486ec516e
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