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James Luther Adams was an American theologian, philosopher, and writer whose life and work had a profound impact on 20th-century religious philosophy and theology.

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Book:On being human religiously: selected essays in religion and society

Source: On being human religiously: selected essays in religion and society

“A good deal of so-called atheism is itself, from my point of view, theologically significant. It is the working of God in history, and judgement upon the pious. An authentic prophet can be a radical critic of spurious piety, of sham spirituality.”

Spirituality Views Deals Atheism Critics Point Of View Significant Radical Judgement Prophet Piety Pious

Book:The Prophethood of All Believers

Source: The Prophethood of All Believers

“The faith of a church or of a nation is an adequate faith only when it inspires and enables people to give of their time and energy to shape the various institutions - social, economic, and political - of the common life.”

People Giving Political Faith Energy Nations Social Church Common Economic Inspire Shapes Institutions Various Adequate Time And Energy Common Life

Book:On being human religiously: selected essays in religion and society

Source: On being human religiously: selected essays in religion and society

“The free person does not live by an unexamined faith. To do so is to worship an idol whittled out and made into a fetish.”

Persons Doe Made Worship Live By Idols Fetish

Book:The Prophethood of All Believers

Source: The Prophethood of All Believers

“Nothing is complete and thus nothing is exempt from criticism.”

Criticism

Book:On being human religiously: selected essays in religion and society

Source: On being human religiously: selected essays in religion and society

“Church is a place where you get to practice what it means to be human.”

Humans Mean Church Practice What It Means To Be Human

Author:James Luther Adams

“I call that church free which enters into the covenant with the ultimate source of existence. It binds together families and generations, protecting against the idolatry of any human claim to absolute truth or authority.”

Humans Together Church Existence Generations Source Authority Ultimate Claims Absolutes Covenant Idolatry Absolute Truth

Author:James Luther Adams

“An unexamined faith is not worth having, for it can be true only by accident.”

Accidents Being True

Book:The Prophethood of All Believers

Source: The Prophethood of All Believers

“We are not a religious tradition with a creed, but a religious movement that has always wedded social justice work to theology”

Social Religious Justice Movement Tradition Social Justice Theology Creeds Religious Traditions

Author:James Luther Adams

“Everyone is a theologian, either conscious or unconscious, in the sense that everyone has some conception of the nature of reality, of the demands of reality, and of those elements in reality that support or threaten meaningful existence.”

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Author:James Luther Adams

“Religious liberalism affirms the moral obligation to direct one's effort toward the establishment of a just and *loving* community.”

Community Religious Effort Moral Direct Obligation Liberalism Establishment Moral Obligation

Book:On being human religiously: selected essays in religion and society

Source: On being human religiously: selected essays in religion and society

About the Author

Born: November 12, 1901
Died: July 26, 1994
Known for: Author
Quotes: 11

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