Resident
Aliens

    Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition    

Stanley Hauerwas
William H. Willimon

Resident
Aliens

    Life in the Christian Colony    

A provocative Christian assessment of culture and ministry for people who know that something is wrong

RESIDENT ALIENS:
Life in the Christian Colony (Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition)

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Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940–

Resident aliens : life in the Christian colony / Stanley Hauerwas, William H. Willimon. — Expanded 25th anniversary edition.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN 978-1-4267-8860-4 (epub) -- ISBN 978-1-4267-8190-2 (binding: soft back / trade pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Mission of the church. I. Willimon, William H. II. Title.

BR115.C8

261'.1—dc23

2014004933

Scripture quotations, except brief paraphrases, or unless otherwise noted, are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1946, 1952, 1971, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission.

The Scripture quotation: noted Moffatt is from The Bible: A New Translation by James Moffatt. Copyright 1935 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. Courtesy of the publisher.

The “Liturgy of Lima” on p. 172 is from Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry, Faith and Order Paper No. 111, © 1982 WCC Publications, 150 route de Ferney, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland. Used by permission.

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Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of [human beings]. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. . . . Our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will change our lowly body to be like his ...