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> [“Public theology is first and foremost a reaction against the tendency to privatize the faith, restricting it to the question of an individual’s salvation. As we shall see in later chapters, the church is not a collection of saved individuals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-j-vanhoozer/public-theology-is-first-and-foremost-a-reaction-against-the-tendency/)

[Kevin J. Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-j-vanhoozer/)

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## More by Kevin J. Vanhoozer

> [“It is well known that Pentecost reverses Babel. The people who built the tower of Babel sought to make a name, and a unity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-j-vanhoozer/it-is-well-known-that-pentecost-reverses-babel-the-people-who-built/)

[Kevin J. Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-j-vanhoozer/)

> [“Public theology is first and foremost a reaction against the tendency to privatize the faith, restricting it to the question of an individual’s salvation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-j-vanhoozer/public-theology-is-first-and-foremost-a-reaction-against-the-tendency/)

[Kevin J. Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-j-vanhoozer/)

> [“Pastor-theologians should not have to choose between a “social” and a “spiritual” gospel, for there is only one gospel (Gal. 1:6–7), “an eternal gospel”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-j-vanhoozer/pastor-theologians-should-not-have-to-choose-between-a-social-and-a/)

[Kevin J. Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-j-vanhoozer/)

> [“The truth is that there is a world of difference between looking beautiful and being beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-j-vanhoozer/the-truth-is-that-there-is-a-world-of-difference-between-looking/)

[Kevin J. Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-j-vanhoozer/)

> [“The call to self-emptying will always be unpopular to those whose pockets and closets are full. What”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-j-vanhoozer/the-call-to-self-emptying-will-always-be-unpopular-to-those-whose/)

[Kevin J. Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-j-vanhoozer/)

> [“For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God” (Rom. 13:1). God”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-j-vanhoozer/for-there-is-no-authority-except-from-god-and-those-that-exist-have/)

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