An Honored Prophet by Mark Tooley | Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity

ART BOOK A Thousand Words: Reflections On Art and Christianity A Touchstone Reader Creed & Culture II Report An Honored Prophet Stanley Hauerwas: “America’s Best Theologian” by Mark Tooley Stanley Hauerwas was declared America’s “best theologian” by Time magazine shortly before September 11, 2001. Since then the debate within America’s religious community over the morality of war has only magnified his fame—or his notoriety. Hauerwas, from his perch at Duke Divinity School in North Carolina, is also America’s most influential Christian pacifist. THIS ARTICLE ONLY AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS. FOR QUICK ACCESS: Mark Tooley directs the United Methodist committee of the Institute on Religion and Democracy ( www.ird-renew.org ) in Washington, D.C. A Journal of Mere Christianity—Delivered to Your Door Six print issues (one year) of Touchstone , plus full online access and PDF downloads for only $39.95 . Get a one-year full-access subscription to the Touchstone online archives for only $19.95 . bulk subscriptions Order Touchstone subscriptions in bulk and save $10 per sub! Each subscription includes 6 issues of Touchstone plus full online access to touchstonemag.com—including archives, videos, and pdf downloads of recent issues for only $29.95 each! Great for churches or study groups. Transactions will be processed on a secure server. more on america from the online archives 29.4—July/August 2016 Deep Roots Russell Kirk: American Conservative by Bradley J. Birzer by Hunter Baker 29.2—March/April 2016 Family Phases The History of Family Strength in America May Reveal Good News by Allan C. Carlson 30.5—Sept/Oct 2017 Passions' Republic The Christian Cure for What Ails Modern Politics by David Bradshaw more from the online archives 15.6—July/August 2002 Things Hidden Since the Beginning of the World The Shape of Divine Providence & Human History by James Hitchcock 20.8—October 2007 Aliens in Zion on Why I Can’t Be Just Another Earthman by Louis Markos 32.6—November/December 2019 Reformation Redux? on Taking Heed of the Parallels Between the Crises of Yesterday & Today by Korey D. Maas calling all readers Please Donate "There are magazines worth reading but few worth saving . . . Touchstone is just such a magazine." —Alice von Hildebrand "Here we do not concede one square millimeter of territory to falsehood, folly, contemporary sentimentality, or fashion. We speak the truth, and let God be our judge. . . . Touchstone is the one committedly Christian conservative journal." —Anthony Esolen, Touchstone senior editor 00 SUBSCRIBE TO TOUCHSTONE 1 year—six issues PLUS full access to Touchstone 's extensive online archive! Touchstone is a Christian journal, conservative in doctrine and eclectic in content, with editors and readers from each of the three great divisions of Christendom—Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox. The mission of the journal and its publisher, The Fellowship of St. James, is to provide a place where Christians of various backgrounds can speak with one another on the basis of shared belief in the fundamental doctrines of the faith as revealed in Holy Scripture and summarized in the ancient creeds of the Church. The Fellowship of St. James is a 501(c)(3) non-denominational, non-partisan, organization that receives no government funding. All gifts are tax-deductible. quick links contact advertisting All content © The Fellowship of St. James — 2026. All rights reserved. Returns, refunds, and privacy policy.