{"product_id":"9781467443920","title":"The Work of Theology","description":"\u003ci\u003eA \"how-to\" book on theology from a world-renowned theologian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book  Stanley Hauerwas returns to the basics  of \"doing\" theology. Revisiting some of  his earliest philosophical and  theological views to better understand  and clarify what he has said before,  Hauerwas explores how theological  reflection can be understood as an  exercise in practical  reason.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHauerwas includes  chapters on a wide array of topics,  including \"How I Think I Learned to  Think Theologically,\" \"How the Holy  Spirit Works,\" \"How to Write a  Theological Sentence,\" and \"How to  Be Theologically Funny.\" In a  postscript he responds to Nicholas  Healy's recent book \u003ci\u003eHauerwas: A  (Very) Critical  Introduction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What we  believe as Christians,\" says Hauerwas,  \"is quite basic and even simple. But  because it is so basic, we can lose any  sense of the extraordinary nature of  Christian beliefs and practices.\" In  discussing the work of theology,  Hauerwas seeks to recover that  \"sense of the oddness of what we  believe as Christians.\"","brand":"Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141343297776,"sku":"9781467443920","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781467443920_p0.jpg?v=1769892387","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781467443920","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}