--- title: "4 Sallie McFague Quotes" description: "Sallie McFague was an American feminist Christian theologian, best known for her analysis of how metaphor lies at the heart of how Christians may speak ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/sallie-mcfague-73181_christianity_great-praxis-demands-great-piety-963108_963108.jpg" --- # Sallie McFague **4** quotes in **38** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Sallie McFague was an American feminist Christian theologian, best known for her analysis of how metaphor lies at the heart of how Christians may speak about God. She applied this approach, in particular, to ecological issues, writing extensively on care for the Earth as if it were God's "body". She ## Quotes by Sallie McFague > [“Great praxis demands great piety.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sallie-mcfague/great-praxis-demands-great-piety/) [Sallie McFague](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sallie-mcfague/) [Christianity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/sallie-mcfague-73181_christianity_great-praxis-demands-great-piety-963108_963108.jpg) > [“to elevate one way of interpreting it (the 'historical Jesus,' Pauline or Johannine Christology, Augustinian or Thomistic metaphysics, Luther's 'justification by faith,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sallie-mcfague/to-elevate-one-way-of-interpreting-it-the-historical-jesus-pauline-or/) [Sallie McFague](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sallie-mcfague/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc3/sallie-mcfague-73181_bible_to-elevate-one-way-of-interpreting-it-th_2642934.jpg) > [We, all of us, are being called to do something unprecedented. We are being called to think about "everything that is," for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sallie-mcfague/we-all-of-us-are-being-called-to-do-something-unprecedented-we-are/) [Sallie McFague](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sallie-mcfague/) [Agendas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agendas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/sallie-mcfague-73181_agendas_we-all-of-us-are-being-called-to-do-some_2854387.jpg) > [As I have come to realize that we all live and move and have our being in God, the names of each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sallie-mcfague/as-i-have-come-to-realize-that-we-all-live-and-move-and-have-our/) [Sallie McFague](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sallie-mcfague/) [Creatures](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creatures/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/sallie-mcfague-73181_creatures_as-i-have-come-to-realize-that-we-all-li_3065612.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sallie-mcfague/#itemlist", "name": "Sallie McFague Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Great praxis demands great piety.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sallie McFague" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sallie-mcfague/great-praxis-demands-great-piety/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/sallie-mcfague-73181_christianity_great-praxis-demands-great-piety-963108_963108.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/sallie-mcfague-73181_christianity_great-praxis-demands-great-piety-963108_963108.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/sallie-mcfague-73181_christianity_great-praxis-demands-great-piety-963108_963108.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Great praxis demands great piety.” — Sallie McFague", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“to elevate one way of interpreting it (the 'historical Jesus,' Pauline or Johannine Christology, Augustinian or Thomistic metaphysics, Luther's 'justification by faith,' Barth's notion of election) as the one and only way is to reify and petrify certain metaphors, models, and concepts that although appropriate to some people in certain times, may be no longer. 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