Listening to and reading various texts of Stanley Hauerwas has helped me to reconsider this topic of the common good and the role Christians should play in this concept. The message I recieve from Hauerwas directed me in a way that presented Christianity as the path to the common good. During an interview over one of his many intellectual works, Hauerwas states:

"Of course we [as Christians] believe that God is God and we are not and that God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit but that this is not a set of propositions — but is rather embedded in a community of practices that make those beliefs themselves work and give us a community by which we are shaped."

Community, as understood by Hauerwas, is only capable with God. As he spoke about in class, society is not possible without God. This Christian God is who our lives and communities must revolve around for naturally God is embedded in our communities. This reacts against the pluralistic secularism strongly emerging in American religious life. Instead of seeking tolerance for inter-faith communities, Hauerwas is reminding us that there is only one truth for us to be concerned with, the truth of the revealed God. 

As revolutionary as these ideas seem, I would argue that this has been the challenge of Christians since the beginning of the Church. We have forgotten the message of Christ to be disciples, spreading the Christian message throughout the world. We have been silenced by pluralism. While it is important to be knowledgeable and respectful of other religions, we must not keep our truth hidden, but share it with the world so that everyone may have the chance to share in the life of Christ.