Allan Boesak

What always strikes me in the story of Cain and Abel is how often the word "brother" is used. Cain killed his…

— Allan Boesak

I think "post-racial" is a dangerous trap. You can fall into complacency and give your complicity a much more dangerous character.

— Allan Boesak

I've been a politician and so I'm sometimes cynical about what politicians won't do. When I hear a politician say something that…

— Allan Boesak

I believe scripture is not just resilient but rebellious against its abuse by people. Scripture says it refuses to be used in…

— Allan Boesak

The God of the Bible is the God of liberation rather than oppression; a God of justice rather than injustice; a God…

— Allan Boesak

Ordinary people - churches, too - have a role to force politicians to respond. Governments are not impressed with theories, but governments…

— Allan Boesak

Ubuntu is not a biblical concept but an ancient African one. Nevertheless it falls back on one simple thing: that humans have…

— Allan Boesak

And besides, it drives the dragon crazy when you sing about his downfall even though you are bleeding

— Allan Boesak

“When we go before Him, God will ask, "Where are your wounds?" And we will say, "I have no wounds." And God…

— Allan Boesak

The fundamentalists may have created a personalized Jesus we don't even recognize, but the liberals' Jesus, too, is an individualized Jesus who…

— Allan Boesak

If your starting point for understanding humanity is a racialist viewpoint, with superiority and inferiority projected onto people because of the color…

— Allan Boesak