'Reading Hauerwas is like walking in on a family argument. You don't always know when and how the fight started, but you can't take your eyes off it, you're galvanized by the energy in the room, you suddenly find the fight is about things you've always been troubled by - and sure as hell will stay rooted to the spot until you see how the argument comes out. Stanley Hauerwas writes unputdownable theology - because he believes in a God who will never put us down until it's clear how our story comes out.'

- Samuel Wells, St Martin-in-the-Fields

'Once again the master brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old - I shall return to these essays with gratitude for their grace and insight.'

- Fergus Kerr, University of Edinburgh