Quotes by Theologians

Whatsoever is good; the same is also approved of God. Richard Hooker
God Good Approved Also Same Whatsoever
From here it sounds great to say we'll all get together soon, but all I know is this: you can call me fifty days or fifty years from now and I'll be glad to see you. Richard Hooker
Great Me You Together Say See Glad Soon Days Know Call Sounds Years Get Get Together Fifty Now Here
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today. Robert McAfee Brown
Today World Way Put Powerful Powerful Way Ideas Most Most Powerful Storytelling
The Church cannot be content to live in its stained-glass house and throw stones through the picture window of modern culture. Robert McAfee Brown
Culture Church Picture Live Window Through Throw House Content Modern Stones Modern Culture Cannot
Theology is in disrepute among most Western intellectuals. The word is taken to mean a passe form of religious thinking that embraces irrationality and dogmatism. So too, Scholasticism. Rodney Stark
Word Thinking Too Religious Embraces Taken Most Dogmatism Western Intellectuals Irrationality Form Mean Theology Among
The Christian image of God is that of a rational being who believes in human progress. Rodney Stark
God Progress Christian Rational Human Being Human Progress Who Believes Image
It can be demonstrated that in any society there is a distribution of religious tastes and concerns. Rodney Stark
Society Religious Distribution Concerns Tastes Any
The more members of the clergy that are out there working to expand their congregations, the more people will go to church. Rodney Stark
People Church Will Members Out More More People Clergy Go Expand Working
Wherever you've got a state church, you have empty churches. Rodney Stark
You Church State Churches Empty Got Wherever
High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency. Rodney Stark
Crime Men Crimes High More Risky Tendency Toward Likely Make Does Proven Been Testosterone Up Commit Behaviour Where Different Turning Even Socialization Keeps Levels
A whole lot of Americans have never met a Mormon. Rodney Stark
Met Mormon Never Lot American Whole
There was only one decline in church attendance, and that was in the late 1960s when the Vatican said it was not a sin to miss Mass. They said Catholics could act like Protestants, and so they did. Rodney Stark
Church Late Only Could Vatican Attendance Miss Sin Mass Like Catholics Said Did Decline Act
There are many critics who think the megachurches thrive on people who enjoy dramatic Sunday services with fine music but don't wish to become very 'religious' on a day-to-day basis - that the megachurch appeal is a mile wide and an inch deep. Rodney Stark
Music People Sunday Thrive Wish Become Enjoy Think Dramatic Religious Critics Fine Day-To-Day Very Mile Inch Who Appeal Deep Many Wide Services Basis
America is an unusually religious nation. Rodney Stark
Nation Religious Unusually America
Regular church-goers are substantially more likely than non-attenders to read, to take newspapers and magazines, to listen to classical music, to attend symphony concerts, operas, and stage plays. Rodney Stark
Music Stage Symphony Magazines Classical Classical Music More Take Attend Likely Operas Read Concerts Than Listen Substantially Newspapers Regular Plays
Leading Christian theologians such as Augustine and Aquinas were not what today might be called 'strict constructionists.' Rather, they celebrated reason as the means to gain greater insight into divine intentions. Rodney Stark
Today Strict Christian Insight Rather Divine Leading Greater Were Augustine Celebrated Intentions Gain Might Means Theologians Reason
God requireth not a uniformity of religion. Roger Williams
God Religion Uniformity
When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'. Ronald Knox
Believe Corrected Feel Does Politeness Suave Bigot Zeal
To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations. Rowan Williams
World Will Believe Christian Say All Nations Make Disciples Nations Certain Certain Things Things
In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that. Rowan Williams
Myself Trust Inevitable Sense Enormous Find Something Spite Haze Terms Still Coming Shock Hands Goes Placed Inadequacy Here Speculation
Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old. Rowan Williams
Time Anger Culture Fear Old Our Through Contemporary Passage Limits Lot Quite Quite A Lot Disgust Shot Even Resentment Growing Growing Old Actually
I am pleased that Prince Charles and Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles have decided to take this important step. Rowan Williams
Important Pleased Charles Parker Take Step Prince Prince Charles Am Important Step Decided
Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons. If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed international process, it acts in a way analogous to a private person. It purports to be judge of its own interest. Rowan Williams
Judge Own State Way Visible Administration Attention Without Undertaken Due Private Private Person Person Process Interest Persons International Agreed Acts Violence
We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves. Rowan Williams
Life Our Find Shall Protected Go Selves Precious Refusing Let Go
What can we say about a marketing culture that so openly feeds and colludes with obsession? The Disney empire has developed this to an unprecedented degree of professionalism. Rowan Williams
Culture Degree Marketing Say Unprecedented About Developed Feeds Obsession Empire Openly Disney Professionalism
Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well, there's a cultural mainstream which flows neatly in one direction. You just align with it'. And that really won't do. Rowan Williams
You Thinking Resolve Align See Temptation Something Direction Simply True Mainstream Well Cultural Question Just Whether Which Really Old-Fashioned Neatly Flows
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