The argument is made that naming God is never really naming God but only naming our understanding of God. To take our ideas of the divine and hold them as if they correspond to the reality of God is thus… — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
“Our real beliefs are generally not to be found at the level of ego.” — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
Here God is not approached as an object that we must love, but as a mystery present in the very act of love itself. — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
In contrast we let go of existence, meaning, and the sublime as categories to describe the object “God.” Instead these become ways in which… — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
“What we see taking place in the church today is the reduction of God to an idol.” — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
Christianity can be described as a theological materialism: It is that which transforms our material existence. If our faith does not throw us into… — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
Truly embracing the fragility and tensions of life...brings with it the possibility of true joy. — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
“However, we rarely see what happens after the hero grasps what is sought, for if we did, the impotence of the MacGuffin would be… — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
“Orthodoxy as right belief will cost us little; indeed, it will allow us to sit back with our Pharisaic doctrines, guarding the ‘truth’ with… — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
I deny the resurrection every time I turn my back on the poor or become a cog in a system of injustice — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
“playing at the entrance of the hut. “Whose children are these?” he asked.” — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
What if the church should be less concerned with creating saints than creating a world where we do not need saints? A world where… — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
“For just as one person’s idol is another’s icon, so one person’s fable is another’s parable.” — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
“After that day, the father began to take an interest in his son’s life” — Peter Rollins Copy Share Image
