The main aspect of Resident Aliens that resonates with me is the robust view of the Church. Hauerwas and Willimon reject a vision of Church confined to making good citizens. The Church gathers around the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, not simply to remember, but to live it. The Church is the Kingdom community. Hauerwas and Willimon implore the Church to embrace her unique vocation.
Their view is rigorous. Below is a quote on the nature of Christian community.
“Christian community, life in the colony, is not primarily about togetherness. It is about the way of Jesus Christ with those he calls to himself. It is about disciplining our wants and needs in congruence with a true story, which gives us the resources to lead truthful lives. In living out the story together, togetherness happens, but only as a by-product of the main project of trying to be faithful to Jesus.”
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