William Stringfellow: Being

William Stringfellow was American theologian. Explore interesting quotes on being.
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“The mark of the Christian is, simply, that he is a matured and freed human being. The direct political implication of this risen character of the Christian is that … the Christian is an incessant revolutionary. He is always, everywhere in revolt—not for himself but for humanity.”

William Stringfellow

Source: William Stringfellow: Essential Writings (2013), "Jesus the Criminal" (1969), p. 64

“In this story, there is no other place actually known to human beings, except this world as it is—the place where life is at once being lived; there are no other places for which to search or yearn or hope—no utopia, no paradise, no otherworldly afterlife.”

William Stringfellow

Source: An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land (1973), p. 48

World , Life , Hope , Search

“The Bible deals with the sanctification of the actual history of nations and of human beings in this world as it is while that history is being lived.”

William Stringfellow

Source: An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land (1973), p. 47

World , History