Clip (<5 mins)
Ethics
Anglican
Stanley Hauerwas Interview: Violence, Non-Violence, and Injustice
Theologian
Stanley Hauerwas
Duration
2.33
Uploaded to YouTube
27 June 2018
Added to Database
20 August 2025
YouTube description
In this excerpt from an interview with professor Jonathan Wilson, American theologian Stanley Hauerwas discusses the possibility of non-violence or pacifism in situations which might seem to demand violence. He admits it is hard for him as a North American to give advice to those in violent or war-torn contexts. However, he does offer as a general principle that non-violence involves being articulate and imaginative in arriving at alternative frameworks for justice, where it is so often assumed that injustice or violence are the only options.
