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Martin E. Marty is an American scholar renowned for his contributions to the study of religious history and modern religious phenomena. Born on February 5, 1928, he is a professor of religious studies at the University of Chicago and the honorary president of the American Society of Church History.

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“To give the whole store away to match what this year's market says the unchurched want is to have the people who know least about the faith determine most about its expression.”

Christianity Worship Evangelism The Church Evangelicalism Seeker Sensitive

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“Each conquest of distance reveals greater distance.”

Space Greater Distance Conquest

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“If you go deep enough into any faith tradition, you find the common ground with all faith traditions.”

Ifs Enough Common Tradition Common Ground

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“Don't try to impress God with your works" or "Don't attempt to please God with your merits" or "Don't try to keep the rules and regulations in order to earn your salvation." He looked around at nearly slumbering collections of utterly casual Christians and wondered, "Who's trying?”

Trying Christian Order Please Salvation Merit Collections Regulation Impress Casual Rules And Regulations

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“All the truly deep people have at the core of their being the genius to be simple or to know how to seek simplicity”

People Knows Simple Know How Genius Simplicity Core

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“The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.”

People Strong Conviction Civility

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“There is no reason to make the search for friendship sound like an animal instinct. Friendship does not always come as a result of a search; it can come when we least look for it, just as it denies itself when we pursue it too earnestly and with pathetic eagerness.”

Looks Doe Reason Sound Friendship Animal Results Instinct Deny Pursue No Reason Pathetic Eagerness Animal Instinct

Book:Friendship

Source: Friendship

“The forces, movements, and energies that today we call religious, spiritual, or faith-based have related through the ages in diverse ways to the spheres of life that today we call economic and that we see embodied in business and commerce.”

Way Age Today Spiritual Energy Force Challenges Religious Economic Movement Inspire Related Spheres Diverse Commerce Provoking Faith Based

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“A saint has to be a misfit. A person who embodies what his culture considers typical or normal cannot be exemplary.”

Persons Culture Normal Saint Typical Misfits Exemplary

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“I have a hard time picturing several aspects of the modern world without Luther.”

World Hard Modern Aspect Hard Times Modern World Luther

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“God, through Jesus Christ, welcomes you anyhow.”

Jesus Christ Jesus Christ

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“Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: Why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing?”

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Book:A Cry of Absence: Reflections for the Winter of the Heart

Source: A Cry of Absence: Reflections for the Winter of the Heart

“Not only do we cheat ourselves and those around us if we are only glum or always wary when it comes time to respond to divine stirrings. No, we are then also being simply unfaithful to the surrounding reality. The one who purges gloom has given occasions and reasons, in the midst of life's sadness, to be joyful.”

Ifs Reason Reality Given Sadness Divine Occasions Midst Joyful Cheat Gloom Stirring Unfaithful Brooding

Author:Martin E. Marty

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Born: February 5, 1928
Known for: Scholar
Quotes: 13

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