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Copyright © 1981 by
University of Notre Dame Press
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
The author and publisher are grateful to the following for permis
sion to reprint:
Theology D igest
for “ Jesus: The Story of the Kingdom”
Journal o f Religious Ethics
for “The Church in a Divided World:
The Interpretative Power of the Christian Story”
Silver Burdett Company for “ Character, Narrative, and Growth in
the Christian Life” from their
Toward Moral and Religious
Maturity
Second Printing 1982
Third Printing 1983
Fou rth Printing 1986
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940-
A community of character.
1. Christian ethics. 2. Social ethics. I. Title.
BJ1251.H325
241
80-53072
ISBN 0-268-00733-0
Manufactured in the United States of America