Stu Hackett

I've recently stumbled across some online appreciation for the esteemed--more than that, the beloved--Stu Hackett. He, his wife Joan and the Hackett family have graced so many of our lives for so long now--with keen wit, bright intelligence, humility and lovinge kyndnesse.

The three links below serve in some fashion to inform that love and appreciation.



1. The interactive Hackett: an appreciation of Stu Hackett: works (even his monumental The Resurrection of Theism), witticisms, quotations.

2. A wonderful reflection from William Craig Lane, here.

3. A glimpse at Stu's cordial, good-humored wit:

Stu Hackett, used to tell us the story of a teacher of his who once answered a student's question about the generic use of the word 'Man' by stating that, "As a rule, 'Man' embraces 'Woman'." The smart-alecky kid who asked the question then said something like, "Yeah, in more ways than one!" Stu always got a kick out of telling us that story.

Source: here.

Though no longer at hand (I've recently given it to a dear friend) one of Stu's marvelous--and early--essays was in C.F.H. Henry's The Word for This Century, OUP, 1960--detailed here.