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Friendship Through a Pandemic: Seeing More Clearly With Stanley Hauerwas

April 18th, 2022 | 10 min read

By Benjamin Wayman and Kent Dunnington

Ephraim Radner and others have recently reflected that the church’s theologians have said shockingly little about the pandemic that’s really been helpful, that’s helped Christians think clearly about this global crisis. To get our heads straight, minds clear, and hearts somewhat settled about this pandemic moment, we sat down with Stanley Hauerwas to see if we might find a way through the fog we could offer to the church.

Ben: If you could put your finger on it, what would you name as the reason why Christians are so divided in their thinking about the pandemic? Is it their view of science? Politics? Moral responsibility?

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