Carolina QuotesI do think, in spite of the considerable evidence to the contrary, that theology can and should be, in some of its modes, funny. Theology done right should make you laugh.
Stanley Hauerwas Connected to the Carolinas
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p. 217
- work
- The Work of Theology (2015)
- year
- 2015
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- p. 217
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