When the story of theology in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries is told, Stanley Hauerwas will be hailed as one of the era’s great lights. Substantiating this claim is easy enough. One needs only to point to his long and influential career at Notre Dame and Duke, his body of written work (so voluminous and wide ranging that assembling The Hauerwas Reader posed an enormous logistical challenge1), his invitation to deliver the prestigious Gifford Lectures, or even his coronation as “America’s Best Theologian” by Time Magazine in 2001. Of course, the last item in that list is the least important by far. Given his critique of idolatrous nationalism, it is also a beautifully ironic distinction for Hauerwas to earn. Yet, its relative unimportance is quite useful at the outset of this issue of Review & Expositor, because it illustrates an important point. Given his stature, one might publish a collection of articles related to Stanley Hauerwas for many reasons—but none of the standard justifications apply to this volume. Beyond his impressive curriculum vitae, Hauerwas has accomplished something of far greater importance that explains the articles that follow. Owing to his commitment to shaping young scholars, he has achieved a broad and sustained influence among Baptist theologians—an impressive accomplishment for an Episcopalian who has taught primarily in Catholic and Methodist universities and has called himself a “high-church Mennonite.” As this volume illustrates, despite his eclectic ecclesial identity, his work has served as a catalyst for a rich conversation among Baptists.